Hint fiction: 25 words or less that hint at a larger, more complex story

It is my first time joining a blog chain with the fellow bloggers from Absolute Write. This month’s task is to write a piece of hint fiction, a story of 25 words or less that hints at a larger, more complex story.  Here's my attempt:

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The helicopter plunged over the jungle. Mathilde chuckled: Daddy allowed only melted ice cream. How drôle.

"She's ninety, but she'll make it,” the nurses said.

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One reason for blog chains is to discover other blogs, so here's a list of all the other participants.

http://clairegillian.com/2010/12/06/december-blog-chain-hint-fiction-the-time-mirror/

http://jonbonbenjamin.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-blog-chain.html

http://writersinprogresswip.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-blog-chain.html

http://cscottmorrisbooks.com/2010/12/08/december-blog-chain/

http://desstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/aw-december-blog-chain.html

http://thewriteaholicblog.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/aw-december-blog-chain-hint-fiction/

http://www.aimeelaine.com/blog/?p=8183

http://www.reganleigh.com/?p=1896

http://hillaryjacques.blogspot.com/2010/12/aw-blog-chain-couldnt-love-you-more.html

http://everingoodstead.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/the-aw-blog-chain-diciembre/

http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/from-the-annabelle-waltz-by-christian-c-denner/

http://regypsy.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/aw-december-blog-chain-hint-fiction/

http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/25-little-words/

http://writingalchemy.blogspot.com/

http://jelyzabeth.wordpress.com/

http://www.gradyhendrix.com/