THREE BEAUTIFUL THINGS
1. I FORGOT THE MOBILE PHONE IN THE DINNING ROOM, SO
WHILE IN THE KITCHEN, OF COURSE, THE PHONE RANG.SO
I HIT THE SPEAKER PHONE.I DON'T LIKE TO USE IT, SINCE
IT MAKES YOUR VOICE SOUND LIKE YOUR AT THE BOTTOM OF
A WELL, BUT IT WAS MY SON CALLING FROM WORK, SO I TURNED
THE VOLUME UP,AND ENDURED.IT TAKES FOUR HITS TO BRING
THE SOUND UP, AND EACH TIME YOU HIT IT, IT TWEETS.
NOW, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT MY COCKATIEL, TEDDY'S CAGE
IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PHONE, AND HE CAME OUT OF HIS LITTLE
NAP REAL QUICK. HIS BLACK EYES SHONE WITH INTEREST,
AND HIS GORGEOUS YELLOW CREST FANNED OUT AND STOOD
UP SO PRETTY,AND HE TWEETED RIGHT BACK AT THE PHONE.
YON SON GOT TICKLED, AND WHISTLED AT HIM, AND THE
LITTLE DICKENS WHISTLED THE SAME THING RIGHT BACK.
THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, UNTIL YON SON WAS
TIRED OF IT, BUT BY THEN, TEDDY WAS ALL FIRED UP, AND
PLAYED AND SANG FOR QUITE A WHILE AFTER WE HUNG UP.
MOLLY EVEN CAME IN TO INVESTIGATE , WITH DOZENS
OF QUESTION MARKS IN THOSE GOLDEN EYES, BUT I AM NOT
ABOUT TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO A CAT! I KNOW SHE WAS
WONDERING HOW IT WAS THAT THE BIRD, EVIDENTLY, WAS
SOUNDING LIKE HER "DADDY", BUT AFTER STARING AT TEDDY
FOR A WHILE, AND HE DID NOT REPEAT THE VOICE, SHE YAWNED
AND RETURNED TO THE FOOT OF MY BED, TO FINISH HER NAP...
2. I GOT ALL AMBITIOUS AND CHOPPED UP A BUNCH OF
FRESH FRUIT, THREW IT INTO SOME ORANGE JELLO,
AND MADE MY OWN VERSION OF FRUIT SALAD.HOWEVER,
THE TASTE TEST REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE FRESH
ORANGES WAS MORE ELDERLY THAN IT'S FELLOWS.SHARPLY
SOUR. SO LIKE ANY FRUGAL COOK, I SAVED THE SALAD, BY
DROWNING THAT SOUR TASTE IN WHIPPED TOPPING FOLDED
IN, WITH A DASH OF ORANGE PEEL. IT WAS WONDERFUL.
THANKS TO MOM, WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO SAVE DISHES,
RATHER THAN WASTE FOOD.
3. WHILE EXPERIENCING WHAT WE CALL "PUZZLE-GUT",
AND RUNNING FOR THE KEOPECTATE, OR THE PEPTO,
THE PROBLEM RUNS IT'S COURSE, AND NOW THAT IS A
BEAUTIFUL THING.
(hmmm? I wonder if it could have been the fruit salad?)
(duh!)
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