Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for April 27, 2019

the siblings aren’t listening to one another (not that they care)

I think Viola has already.

And so it begins, Petey, the quest that is to be your life’s obsession: What do girls think?

Well then, there’s weird and then there’s weird…

Alice is ok! Petey, Viola & Ernesto form the Cul de Sac Weirdo Club!

it made the end of the bed disappear

She’s too late, Petey.

Petey, don’t look a gift horse (or purple unicorn) in the mouth…

A real friend with magic totems is more dangerous than an imaginary friend!

You and your sister’s universes are distinct, and yet they overlap, Petey.

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Viola will turn Peter into her boyfriend.

A unicorn as a gift from a girl who obviously likes Petey “Potterpoop”? Freud would be delighted with the symbolism of that, not to mention the verbal slip. Foul rag & bone shop of the heart, indeed.

Bang on it. That’s how my magic works.

Petey! You are so dense sometimes! Put it IN your backpack!

It’s okay, Petey. You’re already there, ahead of any magic from Viola.

Shake, shake, shake, shake your unicorn! Alice rocks!

Remember Bobby? He is now a little purple unicorn. Oh, I see you’ve met!