the great egg souffle caper page 3b by ric gustafson
Dumbfounded, Elnora began to walk back downstairs when she noticed the back door to the church was ajar. She walked out onto a small sidewalk, looked to the right and noticed the young man who had taken the hot dish standing next to a dumpster across the street. She walked across the street and quietly walked up to the dumpster. She peeked around the corner and could not believe what she was seeing.
She noticed the young man, probably his wife and four young children eating the egg souffle dish as if they had eaten in days.
" What are you doing with our egg souffle dish?" Elnora yelled as she got out her cell phone to call the police.
" Please don't call" the young man pleaded as tears came to his eyes. " You have everything and we have nothing and I figured you would not miss it".
Elnora looked at the family and with tears in her eyes put the cell phone back into her pant pocket. She turned around and walked back into church pondering what had just happened. They did end up with plenty of egg souffle as they did every year and everything was fine. Elnora knew that what had just happened to her this morning was God showing her the true meaning of Easter.
The End- dedicated to Tom E
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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