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 getting ready some hot cross buns. " I sure could use it right now".
Dumbfounded, Elnora began to walk back downstairs. Just then, she noticed that the back door to the church was ajar. She walked out onto a small sidewalk. She looked to her 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 and then quietly came up to the dumpster. She peeked around it. She could not believe what she saw. She saw the young man, a young woman and four young children eating the hot dish. They were eating like they had not eaten in days.
" What are you doing eating our egg soufflé dish?". She pulled out her cell phone to call the police.
" Please don't call". The young man began to cry. " You have everything and we have nothing".
Elnora put her cell phone away.
He grinned. " 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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