Two Rich Old Men want their Fool Children to Marry
This is a 15-minute writing prompt from 5,000 writing prompts. I only did about 10 minutes because I was falling asleep. 50 PLOTS FROM SHAKESPEARE AND OTHER ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE Prompt #45: Two rich old men want their children to marry. Each knows his own child is a fool; neither knows that the other young person is also a fool. (Mother Bombie, by John Lyly.) "Breakfast? Why I haven't the foggiest idea how to make breakfast, Lyle. Why don't you call up Cookie and have her come in to make us food?" "I haven't gotten the money to pay her. We had to let her go along with the rest of the staff." "Well, what about your job or investments?" "I'm a man of leisure, not a worker. And my investments are Papa's for now. I assume I will get them when he kicks off." "But Lyle," Johanna whined, "we can't just not eat until your father dies!" "Well, what about your father, then?" countered Lyle. ...