[ WP ] A prompt by a small boy : `` So what if a puppy was president and there was humans and the puppy had to put the humans in the machine to make them puppies

I trudged into our little cabin home after an exhausting day of working endlessly. I smelled the delightful scent of my wife's apple pie. I could have already imagined. Large chunks of soft, steamy apples. A filling of cinnamon and sweet caramel. The glistening, crisp bread for the pie's crust, and to top it all off, a shiny silver wrapping around the dish, making it a present and me a very lucky boy on Christmas day! I stood in awe as I thought of all the flavors melting away in my mouth, along with a cold cup of my world-famous creamed coffee. Mmm! I could almost taste it! I looked for Janet and the boys, but they were no where to be found, as they were n't where they usually were when I came home from work. They are usually shucking corn on the divans, baking a scrumptious dinner like today, knitting some tops for the winter, playing on their Game Boys ( Yes, even Janet ) or even playing outside. Well, it's storming terrible, so they are n't outside. I see no bowls for corn near the living room. I saw needles, but that was from yesterday when we had knit-together. Hmm... Wait, what was that? 
 
 I heard the muted mumble of the three goofballs in my family... also, a dog bark? Maybe they had gotten a pet while I was out! `` Well this day just keeps getting better and better!'' I practically shouted down the empty halls of our house. I marched upstairs to see what the ruckus was really all about. I gently peeked in, and I felt a large illuminated light peek out back at me. I now fully open the door, and my family is sitting on my bed watching the television. I was shocked beyond belief! My family would never watch television! We're those country folks who sit down and play the fiddles, banjo, jugs and other country things, while farmin' outside in the plows, and singin' us a little diddy in our overalls! The only reason we kept the television was for weather warnings, or other high-alert broadcasts. Now, we did regularly use a computer for our family ghost stories to post on the internet, and mostly our job, but even on this level this was strange. I greeted my family. They did, in fact, greet me back, but all in a monotone voice in unison with each other. They did n't even look at my general direction! They were more lost in the gaze of the television than I was the day I first made eye contact with Janet. The were practically unmovable! My wife, after an awkward couple of seconds, said, `` Here honey. ``, in a very somber voice. She continued her glued state and just gestured to the plate of the pie, more bleak and more frozen than I presumed it to be in my imagination. I plodded over to the nightstand which held my beloved dinner, and sat on the floor beside them. I began watching what ever had them in such a trance, and all I noticed was a news report. I questioned what was so awfully amazing about such a broadcast. My wife was a little more excited in her response, 
 
 `` They're now choosing the president..'' 
 
 `` So? You guys said that was a bunch of government issues.'' 
 
 `` No. No. A puppy.'' 
 
 I, at this point, became extremely confused. 
 
 `` Okay, what about a pup-'' 
 
 I was cut off by the adoring sounds of a million fans softly toning, `` Awwwww!'' 
 
 I heard the barking I had heard earlier, and immediately beamed my vision at the newscast. The headlines repeated, and I solely swear, `` Checkers for President 2016...'' What has the world come to? I dismayed the thought. No way had a puppy become president! Then, I took some research. Apparently, it was an ad for `` Checkers'' restaurant? I thought it was a funny advertisement, but mostly useless. 
 
 I was on /r/WritingPrompts when my littlest son, David, came to me. `` Daddy, what if you wrote a story on the puppy president? So what if a puppy was president and there was humans and the puppy had to put the humans in the machine to make them puppies!'' he exclaimed in excitement. 
 
 
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 Welp, there is an unofficial origin story for this prompt; P 
 Anyways, if the ending felt strange, it's because I wanted to cut this one short. I will probably cut this ending out and come up with a better one in my free time, but I think I want to start on another prompt now. Thanks for the prompt! Tell the kid that it was a really good idea: D
