After a successful Thanksgiving with delicious fried turkey, marvelous sides (including a thin layer of sweet potatoes covered in marshmallows baked into lucky charms, courtesy of yours truly), and fabulous pies (blackberry being my redeeming offering) Josh, his family, and myself were all reclining around a bonfire, soaking in the crisp evening air and good company. Next to me, Josh's youngest cousin, J, looked over to me and complained, "Heather, my face is getting really warm."
"Really?" I countered,"Quick, push back your hair and let me see your ears."
pushes back hair and shows ears
"Oh man...looks like the heat really got you."
"What do you mean??"
"Honey... your ears...they're curling from the heat."
grabs ears in horror
"Calm down, don't panic. I know how to fix this! Just pull your ears back by the edges and take a couple laps around the fire outside the hot area and they should cool back into a normal position. You'll just have to watch them tonight and you should probably hold them whenever you are walking to the house, just to make sure they cool the right way. You'd hate to have curly ears!"
Upon hearing my method for fixing his heat curled ears, J looked over to Josh for confirmation.
"Josh is that really how you fix them?"
"Oh yeah, buddy. It's the only way. But be careful when you're holding them. I had a friend who held his crooked and one of his ears was always a little bigger than the other. Stretching you know."
With confirmation from his cousin, J jumped into action, quickly walking around the fire resetting his ears. His dad, Josh's uncle, watched in mingled horror and amusement, then turned to Josh and I.
"It's a really good thing you two aren't planning on having kids any time soon."
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