the great egg souffle caper page 6 by ric gustafson
Elnora ran upstairs into the small kitchen. " Marjorie, I sent a young man up here with my last egg souffle dish".
" I haven't see him". Tiredly, she was getting ready some hot cross buns. " I sure could use it right now".
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. He was standing next to a green 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, a young woman and four young children eating the egg souffle dish as if they hadn't eaten in days.
" What are you doing eating our egg souffle dish?". She pulled 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".
Elnora put her cell phone away.
" I figured you would not miss it".
With tears in her eyes, Elnora walked back into the church. They did end up with plenty of egg souffle to go around. When it was all over, Elnora knew that what had just happened to her 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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