Penny's Picking Predicament!

A young girl learns to stop picking her nose after finding herself in a sticky situation.

Seven year old Penny Parker was a picker, a nose picker to be precise, her pinky finger always seemed to be in her nose, practically attached to it, her nose exploits being well known to everyone around her.

The young girl, who wore glasses, and had curly blonde had picked up her nose for as long as anyone could remember much to the exasperation and disgust of her mom Sally, who had asked, begged, pleaded and even tried to bribe her to give her bad habit.

Penny just simply refused, even after a warning from Sally, "One day Penny, your finger might get stuck, it doesn't belong in your nose."

Penny said, "Stuck, mom, don't be silly, fingers don't get stuck in noses," as her older sister Sinead just rolled her eyes, herself a now former picker and went back to her phone.

Yes, Penny love nose picking, as much as she loved her toys, chocolate cake and going to the beach but that was soon about to change.

It was a normal Friday afternoon for Penny, she was lying on her bed, wearing her favourite short red dress with white love hearts on it, her finger deep in her nose as she poked and picked until suddenly, she felt it, an enormous booger just waiting to be picked.

The young girl, her voice slightly muffled said, "Oh yay, another big one," as she pushed her finger into the booger to get a grip of it then gave a big pull.

The booger didn't budge.

Penny pulled harder, her eyes closed in concentration but still the booger didn't move, not an inch.

She then said, "Wow, you're tough but you're not match for me."

Penny then quickly grabbed onto her right arm with her left hand and pulled and pulled as hard as she could.

Her face turned bright red but alas, it still no good, the booger didn't come out, it was extremely stubborn and unwilling to be removed.

Penny said, "Aw, you're no fun Mr booger, I'll just try again later," with a pout.

She then tried to pull her finger out of her nose but to her surprise, it didn't move.

The young girl thought to herself, "Okay, that's weird but it's fine, I'll just try a bit harder," as she then pulled and pulled again but still, her finger remarkably remained in her nose, it still didn't budge.

Penny was now concerned, this definitely wasn't right as she pulled with her strength, her eyes closed, her face turning bright red but unfortunately, her finger just wouldn't come out of her nose.

She then realised that her mom had been right, her finger was stuck and stuck good, stuck in her nose to an enormous stubborn booger.

The young girl began to cry, "Mom, mummy, I need help, I'm stuck."

Sally heard her daughter instantly and quickly put down her book, running upstairs as fast as she could to discover the sticky situation.

The middle-aged blonde said, "Penny, oh Penny, I warned this would happen, promise you'll never pick your nose again and I'll pull your finger out."

Penny said, "Mom, I promise, I promise, I'll never pick again, I'll only use tissues for my nose," as tears ran down her face.

Sally said, "Oh Penny, please don't cry, I'm here, I'll get it out," as she wiped her daughter's tears with a tissue .

She then said, "Oh, let's get your finger free," as she took hold of her daughter's arms with both hands and gave a gentle tug but the finger didn't budge.

Sally then tried again with a big more force but unfortunately, her daughter's finger just wouldn't move an inch, still attached to the booger.

Penny said, "Mom, what's wrong, why isn't it coming out."

Her mom replied, "Penny, I'm not sure what's wrong but I think we need help, Sinead, please come in here, your sister needs help."

The teenage girl reluctantly put down her phone and arrived to help, her long blonde hair stretching down to her waist.

Sinead said, "Wow mom, this is a weird one, how can I help," as she while she found her younger sister annoying, she still hated to see her upset.

Sally helped Penny off her bed and took hold of her arm and said, "Darling, grab onto my waist and pull, that finger is in there good and tight, we need to work together."

Sinead quickly did as she was told and took hold of her mom, meanwhile, poor Penny hoped that her finger wouldn't come off.

Her mom said, "All right Sinead, 1,2,3, Pull," as the two leaned back and pulled and pulled as hard as they could.

Penny said, "Ow, Ow, my finger, my nose," with her muffled voice as her mom and sister tried to pull her finger free.

The enormous stubborn booger still didn't budge as Sally said, "Come on darling, put your back into it, pull."

The teenage girl replied, "Mom, I am pulling, I can't any harder," as the tug of war continued seemingly in vain until finally, a loud POP sound was heard.

Penny's finger finally came free, the booger still attached to it as Sinead suddenly lost her grip on her mom, her and Sally tumbling backwards into a heap on the carpet.

The young girl did a dance of joy and said, "It's out, it's out," as she used a tissue to remove the booger from her finger then hugged her mom and sister, thanking them both for rescuing her.

Sally said , "You're more than welcome honey, I'm so glad it's out, now, please stick your promise, no more nose picking," as Sinead agreed.

Penny said, "Of course mom, I've learned my lesson, fingers don't belong in noses," as everyone began laughing as they then flushed the booger down the toilet.

Penny is now nearly as good as gold, no more picking her nose, although she sometimes pretends to do it, much to Sally and Sinead's mock frustration as instead now, she just picks out her clothes.

The End