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. She stopped when she noticed the back door to the church was ajar. She walked out onto a small sidewalk. Looking to the right, she noticed the young man who had taken the hot dish. He was standing next to a green dumpster across the street.
She quietly walked across the street and up to the dumpster. She peeked around the corner of the dumpster. She noticed the young man, a young woman and four young children eating the egg soufflé 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". The young man began to cry. " You have everything and we have nothing".
Elnora put her cell phone away.
The young woman spoke up. " We 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. Elnora sat down in a chair. She began to ponder what just happened. She realized that God was showing her the true meaning of Easter.
The End
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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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