Personal Narrative: The Ketchup Dilemma

Ketchup Dilemma

My enormous love for ketchup started a little like this. When I was “twoish” my seven-year old sister, Barbara was eating chicken nuggets for lunch while mine were cooking. I looked up and saw a red, rich sauce on her chicken nuggets. I loved Elmo so much that red was my favorite color. I also loved plain chicken nuggets, so when I saw something red on Barbara’s chicken nuggets my heart danced with excitement. I looked up to Barbara to announce, “I want Elmo like you!” Barbara didn’t understand that I meant ketchup so she yelled, “Mommy, can you get Lizzie’s Elmo!” I thought that meant I was getting ketchup so I danced in a circle while jumping up and down. My mom came back to the kitchen holding an Elmo doll. I suddenly became very angry and threw the doll at

I was an extremely picky eater when I was little, so I didn’t like tacos. Instead of tacos I was going to have chicken nuggets. Of course, my dad wasn’t home when the “ketchup dilemma” happened so he didn’t know to give me ketchup with my chicken nuggets.

“Where is my Elmo?” I said in an obnoxious tone.”Where’s Elmo? I want Elmo right now! Give me ELMO!”

“Calm down, I’ll get you Elmo,” said my dad.

My mom just sat there and laughed. My dad slowly got up to get my Elmo doll.

“She means ketchup, Honey.” Mom said through laughter

Everyone cracked up with laughter, except for me. I sighed and stared a mad glare toward everyone one by one, but they were to busy laughing to notice.

“HEY! Can I get some Elmo, now?” I said, annoyed.

“Of course, honey, just a second.

I got my ketchup and became very happy.

From now on whenever someone wants ketchup they say,”Can you please pass the Elmo to me?” Then they laugh and I stare daggers into their soul until they stop laughing. I really hate when people use “Elmo” instead of ketchup. That’s pretty much how ketchup became my favorite food in the history of the