The Hot Pepper Incident

The family of 5 sat down to eat dinner

They were having peppers and corn from the farmers market that morning.

"Nothing is spicy" dad promised. "All will be fine," he said.

As they sat down to eat their food, the daughter poked and prodded at her pepper. She asked once more "are you sure it's not spicy?"

"Yes" the mom declared. "Now eat the food your father made."

The daughter took a bite.

Heat immediately poured into her mouth, tongue already on fire in just one bite. Spitting the nasty, gooey pepper onto the plate, she said "it's spicy!"

The younger brother saw this and refused to touch his food.

"It is not spicy. Eat your food now." The younger brother began to eat his pepper. The daughter attempted one more bite but was forced to spit it out once more. Drool and spittle formed within her mouth, the salivation causing the spice to swirl within her mouth.

"You are not leaving this table until you finish your food, young lady" the father proclaimed.

So there the daughter sat with her arms criss-crossed across her chest, refusing to take another bite.

"If you don't eat your food right now, you are grounded for a week" the mother stated, putting her foot down.

The pepper loomed at her with it's devilish taste still looming in her mouth.

The lumpy mound of pepper now looking like green mashed potatoes.

She tried to plug her nose, but the spice hit even harder than before. The saliva in her mouth multiplied, as did the tears on her cheeks. Snot rolled out of her nose.

Finally, the mother was done. Grabbing the plate from the daughter, she took her own bite. The mother's face went immediately red as she sprinted to the sink to wash her mouth out.

And there stood the daughter, still standing in the middle of the living room with every facial orifice leaking, begging to not have to finish the pepper.