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| Arsonist squirrel |
A moratorium was now placed on church potlucks.
The last one caused a flash fire when the Barbeque Pit exploded, sending
miscellaneous pork bits and ribs, along with Bob’s Secret Ingredient
(lots of whiskey) flaming sauce, flying over to Old Miz Guthrie’s tiny old house.
Old Miz Guthrie heard screaming coming her way,
and then smelled the barbeque fire on her roof.
“Oh, Lordy, Lordy! My house ‘s
afire!” As fast as a squirrel on
a live wire, she scampered out the door, wringing her hands while the fire
department extinguished the barbeque flickers of flame.
No damage done, Old Miz Guthrie thanked everyone,
shushing them away, and hurried back inside.
Looking around at her immaculate, nicely decorated home, she
raced down the steps to her basement, which was packed with fire-proof chests of
gold coins, jewelry (oh, how she love nice jewelry), and packs of one-hundred bills.
Unbeknownst to the community, Old Miz Guthrie was
quite a spendthrift made possible by her late husband’s last bank
robbery in 1955 in Chicago. I better get outta this town.
The next day her brother Raffert showed up at
night with a big van and they moved everything from the basement during the big
school dance. Just before she closed the
front door, Old Miz Guthrie turned the cooker on high, with bright flames crawling
to a dishtowel.
The town mourned for her. Damned BBQ sauce.
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Kudos to Delores at Under the Porch Light! These six underlined words were a challenge for me this time. Just could not find a common thread to weave through and tie together.
Moratorium? Congratulations, Delores! You got me.
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Moratorium? Congratulations, Delores! You got me.
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Fun story.
ReplyDeleteSecret lives revealed allow for just about anything.
DeleteTook the money and ran
ReplyDeleteI hope they drove far. I don't know what precautions banks took to "follow" the money.
DeleteAnd the truth will never be known
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Susan, still struggling with the sequel, but won't give up!
ReplyDeleteYou are tenascious, Carole! I know you will see the sequel through.
DeleteYou have me looking at immaculate housekeepers with a whole new perspective...
ReplyDeleteYes, my thoughts indeed.
DeleteGreat story. I wasn't expecting it to go that way.
ReplyDeleteGood! I like to twist and tweek a little!
Delete"sunken treasure"!! I want to read more about Miz Guthrie and her ill-gotten gains.
ReplyDeleteYou did very well with this week's words.
Thanks, River. They were hard--squirrel with miscellanious?
DeleteWe never know what goes on behind closed doors...
ReplyDeleteGreat story.
...or beneath floor boards.
DeleteGood story! Damned BBQ sauce!
ReplyDeleteI know! One has to know when to stop pouring the whiskey!
DeleteThat was one heck of a good story. You really made that happen in my head. Good job!
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
So happy you enjoy it. You know, some people like to eat squirrel. I wonder if the 2nd squirrel is pre-cooked?
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