BORING!!
I love Alissa’s mom’s story. Her grandmother was laying on her deathbed, old and decrepid. She calls her daughter close, to whisper some words in her ear, maybe for the last time. And what does she say? “Im bored.”
This is a great story. When i heard it, i started laughing. I can totally imagine my grandmother saying that when she’s sitting around, but thank God she’s still halthy.
I think what makes a great story is a flash of irony at the end. Here, I was expecting her to whisper a final goodbye to her daughter, a final farewell. But what she actually said couldn’t be more youthful! I can see a little kid saying that to her mom, but certainly not a dying old mother to her daughter.
It also teaches an important lesson- old people are way older on the outside than they are on the inside most of the time. And important lessons are also part of what makes a story great.