The Stipend

"The Stipend"
Written on September 1st, 2021
By Doctor Ricky 1024
Copyright �© Fanstory 2021
'All Rights Reserved'

The year was 1990 and MTV was here for you and me!
Adding to the delinquency with children playing their games!
...
'Joseph!'
'Did you do your chores today?'
No reply.
'Joseph!!!
'Do I have to scream at the top of my lungs again?'
'No Mom.'
'Not yet.'
'I've been busy '
'Sorry.'
...
'And, Welcome back Ye All.'
'Yes, to another...
"Shed New Tears Fairytales and Fables"
'Of course my name is as it has always been for over 200 of these Fairytales and Fables.'
'Annie.'
'Annie Oakley!'
'The Greatest Sharp-Shooter West of this Dem, Der, Mississippi River!'
...
'And, today?'
'Yes, as your narrator.'
'I will bring you the first of thia Fall seasons Fairytales and Fables!'
"The Stipend"
'It's basically about a relationship.'
(between mother and son)
'Yes, that doesn't seem to work well?'
'So, let's see what Ricky has created here?'
'And, be sure to come back in the end.'
'Yes, for "The Lesson of the Day!"
Annie.
...
Note: Annie Oakley is was an American Sharp-Shooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
She developed hunting skills as a child to provide for her impoverished family in Western Ohio.
Wt only age 15, she won a shooting contest against experienced Marksman Frank J. Butler.
(Whom she later married)
She died November 3rd, 1926 in Greenville Ohio.
...
'Joseph!'
'Are you playing that damn Sega Genesis system again?'
Asks his mother Teresa.
'You're never going to amount to anything!'
'I don't know why to this very day?'
'That your father bought that damn thing for your birthday!'
...
Note:
Just as Joseph was attaining level 10 on "Road Rash"
'Joseph!!'
'Are you ignoring me for those stupid games again?'
'You can forget your allowance for this month Buster!'
...
And, as time progressed; Joseph Steins
Turned into a fine young man!
He graduated honors from Yale University in 2005.
And, then went on to join a company that he had established in 2006 called "Creative Creations."
In Silicon Valley.
...
His Mother Teresa passed away.
June 7th 2005.
They say the day before she passed away?
She was actually playing one of Joseph's games on a game system!
The End.
...
'Ahh Shucks!'
'Ricky you've created another tearjerker!'
'Yes and turned a mother.'
(who never thought much of her son)
'Yes, into a fan!'
'So, now we're going to do...
"The Lesson of the Day!"
'And, do I see any volunteers out there at Fanstory?'
'Yes, Mary Kay Bonfante?'
...
Well first off thank you Annie for choosing me!'
'And, this is truly an honor.'
'I've always been a big fan of yours by the way!'
'And, as I see this?'
'Yes, there was a lot of problems between father and mother.'
'And, then father mother and son.'
...
'Joseph seem to be burying himself in the video games because of his mother's cruelty.'
'I like the way Dr Ricky brought that out in the beginning and how well he ended it.'
...
'Well thank you for sharing that Mary.' 'And, thanks to all who decided to review and read this here on Fanstory.' 'Be sure to stay here but come back at the end of September.'
'Yes, for another "Shed New Tears Fairytales and Fables."
'Entitled, "Tic and Tock"
Annie.