Allie’s rampant creativity has peaked monumentally. The latest of her creative endeavors is her most recent imaginary best friend, Cleek. That’s right, not Mary, Sally Jo, Kate, or any other name.
It’s Cleek.
The issue with Cleek is that, judging from Allie’s tales about her, she is a tad bit rough around the edges. To put it mildly, Cleek is a street thug.
Example:
Allie: “My friend Cleek was running down the road the other day. Then, she tripped. Then,she got a bleed. And then, she went to…JAIL!”
Me: “Jail?”
Allie: “Yes, JAIL!” (hard emphasis on jail..again.)
Me: “What do you think jail is?”
Allie:”Jail’s where all the polices are and you go there if you’re bad.”
Me: “And your friend–this Cleek gal, she frequents the jailhouse?”
Allie: “Yep. She steals.”
Me: “How old is Cleek? And what does she steal?”
Allie: “Cleek is firteen. She steals blue crayons and people’s dogs.”
Me: *baffled*
You see, Cleek is a thug. I’d like to talk to her, because I have a few questions lined up for her. Like–what the hell is she doing with all of these blue crayons and dogs?
Next week, I imagine that our house will be rather busy since Allie and Cleek will probably be debating whether they should join the Crips or the Bloods. I just hope they don’t bring poor along for the ride.
LOL!!! I love it!
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February 18th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
I had 12 imaginary friends when I was a kid. My mother only knows about 4 of them, apparently.
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February 18th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Ha! That’s hilarious! I had several imaginary friends, one with a name similar, actually, but they hadn’t done any hard time or anything…
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February 18th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Ha! I think it must be normal. For a while my son had a fellow invisible friend named Dope-yep that was the name-Dope stole spaghetti. Go figure. I have no idea what the pathology behind all of this is. Was it that my son wanted more spaghetti? Does your daughter want a dog or more blue crayons? Who knows, it’s another one of those magical mysteries left out of all parenting books.
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February 18th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Cleek the street thug. I love it.
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February 18th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
So Kathryn’s imaginary friend is Tyrone. And while I would love to say he is a street thug too, I’m thinking he’s more like a moose.
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February 18th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
omg! Blue crayons and people’s dogs! That is great!! It would be fun for the two of you to write “The Mis-adventures of Cleek” she could tell you the story and you polish it up a bit.
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February 18th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Yes I may be the only one with Snoop dog lyrics flying through her brain right now
“I keep a blue flag hanging out my backside
But only on the left side, yeah that’s the Crip side”.
I need to get out of the ghetto some day..LOL
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February 18th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Is she finding pictures by that draws the blue dogs? And, Cleek? Sounds like bad news.
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February 18th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Can I put together a complete thought? Apparently, no. That was: Is she finding pictures by that guy that draws the blue dogs?
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February 18th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
That’s one active imagination. They say that’s a good thing.
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February 18th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Thanks for the laugh! Classic
I’ll just patiently sit here now till my kids get to that age to have imaginary friends…hehe
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February 18th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Ya know, this is how it always starts…first it is blue crayons, then yellow…then the big move to chartreuse..then they move onto markers…you don’t even want to go there. You better nip this in the bud right now…plus all those dogs mean all that poop to pick up….watch your back girl!! don’t say I didn’t warn you!!
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February 18th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
I wouldn’t let Cleek sleep over, that’s for sure. Especially if you have any crayons laying around, or dogs.
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February 18th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Yep, Maddie has an imaginary friend, too. And he does all sorts of bad stuff. I try not to laugh, but it is so hard not to. Lock up your valuables when cleek comes over for dinner.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Neither of my kids ever had an imaginary friend… I feel sorta left out. Maybe I’ll come up with one on my own. Dogs and blue crayons? If you solve that mystery you must reveal the secret.
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February 18th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Oh my goodness that is to funny!
February 18th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
So funny! Allie has a great imagination.
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February 19th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Ah yes! A child’s immagination. I actually contacted the kndergarten teacher since each and every day my son talked about a child by the name of Sam pushing him, beating him up, setting the school on fire, hitting the teachers and stealing school bags and art work. There was no Sam in the class. We told my son Sam does not go there any more… his reply, “oh, that’s ok, I invited him to live with us, he is right behind you!”. Beleive it or not, I turned around cautiously!!!!!
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February 19th, 2008 at 2:43 am
I love that child! I had imaginary friends as a child. My cruel brother would stomp on their house and smash it. I am scarred for life.
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February 19th, 2008 at 3:29 am
OMG, that is too funny. How do you rehab an imaginary friend, lol.
Can’t wait to hear more!
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February 19th, 2008 at 7:09 am
I think she’s been watching to much “COPS”. hee hee.
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February 19th, 2008 at 9:26 am
ROFL. I can’t wait for updates on Cleek’s antics. I had an imaginary friend. She sat on the edge of my Dad’s plate and he kept eating her. I also had an imaginary twin sister. I grew up to have twin daughters. Hmmm … karma?
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February 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Too funny! Kids have the most amazing imaginations. I agree though, you could create a book called the Misadventures of Cleek and probably make a mint.
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February 19th, 2008 at 10:15 am
my daughter has an imaginary friend named ghosty. He is rathe peculiar also. (grin)
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February 19th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Oh my! Sounds like an interesting friend!
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February 19th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Your daughter would be the PERFECT playmate for my daughter. LOL…. lets make sure that never happens. They would both go to jail. LOL
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February 19th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
That is awesome. Where do they get this stuff from? Elliot also has an odd name for her imaginary friend - her name is Genga. Strange.
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February 19th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
My younger sister had an imaginary friend… I was jealous of the imaginary friend….
I thought at times my sister liked “her” better than me…
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February 19th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
The crips- that’s why she steals all the blue crayons! Gotta represent her gang!
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February 19th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
My imaginary friend was named Clara and lived in a pile of mud in my backyard that I called “Clara’s Cliff”. I know. Clara was not, to my knowledge, a criminal. I’d keep your third eye on that Cleek character…
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February 19th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Now that is one creative imagination! As a kid I KNOW I was not that creative.
February 19th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
That is awesome. I had 2 imaginary friends growing up - Bodie and Zachety. I don’t think either of them ever went to jail.
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February 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
I’m guessing that you are better off not knowing what she does with all the blue crayons and dogs.
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February 19th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Oh my gosh that’s too funny! Kids imaginations are so strange! Just something for me to look forward to in a couple of years.
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February 20th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Hilarious!! Dogs and blue crayons… I wish that we could keep the imaginations that we had as kids, when does that disappear?
February 20th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
That is adorable!!
I have something for you at my place.
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February 20th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
i had two imaginary friends when i was young. they were small though and i could carry them around in my pockets. one day, i left them at b&h outside on the trash can, and never seen them again. :(. lol. don’t laugh @ me.
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February 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Damn. My kids were down right boring when they had imaginary friends. Except for Fric’s vampire friend named Jennie. She was a little scary. (And yet another reason why not to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer with your kids around…)
But I kinda think Cleek the thug is fun!
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February 20th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Personally I wanna be Cleek. Sounds like a blast. If not for him/her than to be Alli’s mom and hear all about Cleeks adventures! Kids are the ultimate form of entertainment!
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February 20th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
My kids are so boring! Cleek is awesome.
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February 20th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
my son, when he was little, had two imaginary friends…a vampire and a “knight guy”…they lived under his bed!!
that is hilarious…cleek the street thug!
hilarious!!
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm