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The
door bell rang and little fox ran to the door. She started
barking to tell us that someone had come to see her.
Johnnie opened the door and there stood Nita, her best
friend. Nita open the storm door and stepped into the
entrance hall.
???Hi
Little Fox??? she said. Then she took the four steps down the
hall to the door of my office and called,
???Hi ??
bye??? and before I could look up from my desk she was gone.
She and
Johnnie had planed to go shopping this morning. As Johnnie
walked down the hall, she called to me, ???we??ll eat lunch out
today. I??ll be home before dark.??? And she was gone.
As the
door closed little fox ran to the front window and started
barking. I called to her to stop barking, telling her that
I didn??t get to go either. She came into the office and sat
down. She was just sitting there looking at me. I could
have sworn that her bottom lip was poked out and she was
pouting.
Come to
think about it my bottom lip was poking out also. It was
not that I wanted to go with Nita and Johnnie, but Nita
usually took the time to come into the office and visit with
me a few minutes before they left.
They
couldn??t have been in such a hurry that she didn??t have time
to say more then hi ?? bye. Maybe she was upset with me
about something, but for the life of me I couldn??t think of
what it might be. Nita loves chocolate and I keep a big box
of Hershey bars on top of my gun safe. Every so often I
hand Nita three or four Hershey bars when she comes over.
I got
to thinking about how long it had been since I had given her
any Hershey bars. I guess it had been a couple of weeks, so
the next time she came over I would give her a few Hershey
bars to see if that stopped this hi ?? bye stuff.
The
next week, I heard Johnnie on the phone making plans with
Nita for them to go out again. So I got four Hershey bars
out of the box on the gun safe and put them in my desk
drawer.
When
the door bell rang, Little Fox ran to the door and started
barking. Johnnie opened the door and there stood Nita. She
opened the storm door and scratched little fox on the
belly. Then she called hi ?? bye to me, but I was waiting
for her this time.
???Hey
wait a minute??? I hollered. ???Come in here a minute. I want
to ask you something.???
Nita
stuck her head in the office door and said, ???What????
???Don??t
you have time to come in and get your chocolate fix????
I held
out the four Hershey bars and she came into the office with
a big grin on her face. She sat down and visited with me
for five minutes while Johnnie stood a the office door
waiting for her. Finally she stood up and told me she had
to go, that Johnnie was waiting for her.
So from
now on, I know what to do when I get the hi ?? bye routine.
I just dig out a few Hershey bars and have them ready for
when Nita comes in.
Every
so often I have to send Johnnie to Sam??s club to buy another
box of Hershey bars. But with Johnnie and I eating them as
well as giving some to Nita, we like to keep them on hand.
Even little fox demands a bite of chocolate any time some
one is eating one. If you think you can unwrap one without
her hearing you. You??re just kidding yourself.
Then
there was the time that Johnnie shut Little Fox in her
bedroom, so she could eat her candy bar in peace. But no,
that??s a whole ???nother story for a different time.
?©
copyright 2004
Loren Moore
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May you be blessed today.
Bob Johnston
Editor / Publisher
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