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Escape Pod 481: Temporary Friends
Temporary Friends
by Caroline M. Yoachim
The second week of kindergarten, Mimi came home with a rabbit. Despite numerous mentions of the Temporary Friends project in the parent newsletter, I wasn't prepared to see my five-year-old girl cuddling a honey-colored fluffball that was genetically engineered to have fatally high cholesterol and die of a heart attack later in the school year.
"I named him Mr. Flufferbottom." Mimi told me. I glared at Great-Grandpa John, who'd been watching her while I finished up my shift at the clinic. He shrugged. My gruff maternal grandfather wasn't my first choice of babysitter, but he needed a place to stay and I needed someone to watch Mimi after school.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to name him, honey?" I knelt down and put my hand on Mimi's shoulder. "He's a completely biological rabbit, and this kind doesn't tend to live very long."
"Teacher said to pick good names for our rabbits," Mimi said. "Besides, you put new parts on people, so if Mr. Flufferbottom breaks you can fix him."
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Temporary Friends
by Caroline M. Yoachim
The second week of kindergarten, Mimi came home with a rabbit. Despite numerous mentions of the Temporary Friends project in the parent newsletter, I wasn't prepared to see my five-year-old girl cuddling a honey-colored fluffball that was genetically engineered to have fatally high cholesterol and die of a heart attack later in the school year.
"I named him Mr. Flufferbottom." Mimi told me. I glared at Great-Grandpa John, who'd been watching her while I finished up my shift at the clinic. He shrugged. My gruff maternal grandfather wasn't my first choice of babysitter, but he needed a place to stay and I needed someone to watch Mimi after school.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to name him, honey?" I knelt down and put my hand on Mimi's shoulder. "He's a completely biological rabbit, and this kind doesn't tend to live very long."
"Teacher said to pick good names for our rabbits," Mimi said. "Besides, you put new parts on people, so if Mr. Flufferbottom breaks you can fix him."
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