The Allure of the Green Elephants

 “Junior, where’s your brother Bino?” Jamil asked her son.

“He’s in the back smoking weed with Ray,” Junior replied.

Jamil was tired of her son doing things that were not productive so she pinned his face to a book and left to go to the store. She needed a change, so she rode her donkey to the store to buy more books for her kids. Growing in frustration with how low and slow the donkey was she couldn’t help but notice two big green elephants on sale. She, and the family had been riding their donkey for so long that Jamil just couldn’t take it anymore. Later that day, Junior and his brother noticed that his mother was back, but the donkeys were gone.

“Mom, where’s the donkey?” Junior asked.

“Well, your father and I decided that we needed something a bit stronger. Times are hard so we need something that we as a family can depend on,” Jamil said, smiling at their new ride.

“So you bought green elephants,” Junior replied noticing his mother and father acting strange.

“God is good!” His mother said feeding their new animal friends. 

Junior went to his room and noticed his brother duck taped to a green book with a marijuana leaf on it.  

“Mom and dad aren’t the same anymore Junior, they chained me to this desk and tried to force me to read this book about the side effects of weed. I refused and they put green duck tape around my head and taped me to the book. They’ve lost it. They said it would change my luck. Junior help me, please, help me!” Junior’s brother Bino said while gasping for air as his face remained stuck to the book.

“I noticed that they bought two big green elephants, yeah, I would say they’ve either lost it or they’re trying to make a point. Where’s Ray?” Junior asked.

“Dad chased him off because he kept selling me weed. Our parents are not the same anymore, they even got the WiFi blocked so we can’t use it,” Bino said.

Junior could hear his mom calling him from downstairs.

“Junior!” 

“Yes, Mom!” He replied.

“Your dad said come and plug the green elephants into their charging ports before they go dead,” Junior’s mom said.

“Mom, you don’t charge elephants, they’re animals,” Junior said looking at his brother.

“Yeah, Bee, I think they’ve lost it.”

Realizing that his parents were determined to make sure that he and his brother made something out of themselves, Junior watched from his room as his mother and father rode off into the neighborhood on their green elephants. Either the elephants posed as some form of good luck or his parents were really determined to stand on top of the crowd. Either way, Junior and his brother had to accept it as the new normal. There was just something about those green elephants that got everyone all excited.

The Allure of the Green Elephants