Thursday, March 19, 2015

the great egg souffle caper page 6

the great egg soufflé 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 soufflé dish".
" I haven't seen him". Tiredly, she was heating up 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. Across the street, she noticed the young man who had taken the hot dish. He was standing next to a green dumpster.
She walked across the street and up to the dumpster. She peeked around it and could not believe what she was seeing. She noticed the young man, a young woman and four young children eating the hot dish as if they hadn't eaten in days.
" What are you doing eating our hot 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 soufflé 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


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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric

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