Rogue Crayons

"You'll never catch us!" The crayon gang yelled, laughing at me. A purple, red, green and pink crayon all made faces and ran around my house.

"C'mon friends, I can't draw without you!" I pleaded.

"You can't draw anyway, you can barely make a stick figure buddy!" The crayons taunted. I thought about how much I hate it when my crayons are right. I decided to write something instead, and I signed into Prose to see what kind of writing challenges were available. And that's when I saw the Walmart ad for Shout Color Catcher, and I read the words "Keep colors from running." Yes! This is exactly what I needed!

"Enjoy your games while you can crayons, I'm going to go buy something that will stop you from running from me!" I said heatedly as I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. A ten minute drive to Walmart and I was at the customer service desk, my phone in hand. I showed the clerk the ad on my phone and told her my dilemma.

"So your crayons are running away from you?" The clerk asked, not sounding like she believed me for some reason.

"Yeah." I said confidently. "Where can I find this product? It says it will stop colors from running?"

"It is in the cleaning aisles." The clerk said. "However, this product is intended for laundry, not for rogue crayons. Maybe you should just buy some new crayons instead?"

"Well, ok...." I responded, feeling disappointed that this Shout product wasn't the solution I had anticipated. Then an idea came to me. I would buy a nice new box of crayons. Once the crayons at home realized they were being ignored, they would beg to be used by me for drawing again. I quickly ran to the school supplies aisle and excitedly grabbed a new box of crayons. I purchased the box and walked back to my car, confident that this plan would work. I could have sworn a giggle came from the new box of crayons. "Nah, just my imagination." I said to myself as I thought about all the art I would create at home...