the return to Hoot Owl page 4 by ric gustafson.
Alfie and Alice walked up to a wooden podium. A sign on the front of it read ' please wait to be seated'.
" Nobody's here" Alice said as she quickly looked around. " Nobody's here to seat us either".
" May I help you?" asked a young man who was wearing a white waiter's uniform.
" Yes, we would like a table please" Alice said as she looked around the quiet dining room. " It seems we are the only people here tonight".
" That's true" he replied as he seated them and handed them a menu. " Business has been very slow tonight". He filled their water glasses and let them study the menu for a while.
After a while, he came back and opened his ticket pad. " Have you decided what you might like?".
" The chicken fried steak sounds good" Alfie said as he handed him his menu.
" And have you decided?".
" I'll have the meatloaf" she replied as she handed the young man her menu. " And a side salad with Italian dressing".
" Very good" was the young man's reply as he took the menus and walked away.
Alfie noticed that the young waiter looked a lot like the young man at the Inn.
Everyone take care. Love Ric.
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