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 the back door to the church was ajar. She walked out onto a small sidewalk. She looked around and noticed the young man who had taken the hot dish. He was standing next to a green dumpster across the street. She quickly walked across the street. She walked up to the dumpster. She peeked around the corner. She could not believe what she was seeing. The young man, a young woman and four young children were eating the hot dish as if they hadn't 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". Tears came to the young man's face. " You have everything". He pointed at his family. " 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 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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