Ralph turned to his right and stared at his bride. Chloe had never looked lovelier. She had just pulled back her veil. Her beautiful green eyes sparkled as she smiled and stared straight ahead at the minister. Ralph smiled and face forward. The moment of truth had finally arrived.
The minister paused for a moment and adjusted his glasses. He cleared his throat, and stared at Ralph.
“Do you have the ring?”
Ralph smiled and nodded. “The best man has it. Dibbs, if you would?”
There was a low murmuring in the small audience of attendees as Ralph walked over to the side of the stage and picked up the ventriloquist dummy that had been placed there. “Dibbs” was formerly dressed in a tuxedo, as it was modeled after Edgar Bergen’s Charlie McCarthy dummy. Ralph picked Dibbs up his left hand. Ralph used his free right hand to pull on the loop of string that controlled Dibbs’ mouth.
Chloe continued to smile and stare straight ahead. The minister stared at the ventriloquist dummy for a long moment. Ralph cleared his throat.
“So, Dibbs – do you have the ring?’
Ralph then changed his voice and began to talk out the side of his mouth. As he talked, he pulled the loop of string that caused the dummy’s mouth to open and close. He also used his left hand to animate the dummy.
“Do I have the ring?” replied Dibbs/Ralph. “Of course I do! This is your most important day! What do you think I am? A dummy? !”
Chloe continued to smile and stare ahead. Her eyebrows did go up a bit, however.
“Well? Where is it? Where is the ring?” demanded Ralph.
“Why, it’s in my pants pocket!” replied Dibbs. “Go ahead and get it. But, be careful! Your hands are kind of rough!”
Ralph pinned Dibbs against his body with his right forearm, and proceeded to dig out the ring with his left hand.
“Ah! There it is!”
Dibbs bristled. “Ouch! You really should use some hand lotion.”
Ralph nodded towards the minister. “Okay. Don’t mind him. We’re ready here.”
The minister continued to stare at Ralph. He finally sighed and looked over at Chloe.
“If you want out, just raise your hand during the ‘if anyone has any reason why these two people shouldn’t get married’ part, alright?”
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Here's what I like about your weekly stories - they're always so unexpected & original. It's so much fun to see what you come up with each week. This one is especially good. Equal parts quirky & mundane. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteVery imaginative.
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