the great egg souffle caper page 6 by ric gustafson
Elnora ran into the small kitchen. " Marjorie, I sent a young man up here with my last egg souffle dish".
" I haven't seen him". She frowned. " I sure could use it right now".
Dumbfounded, Elnora began to walk back downstairs. As she passed the back door of the church, she noticed it was ajar. She walked out onto a small sidewalk. She looked toward the street. Then she noticed the young man who had taken the hot dish. He was standing next to a green dumpster. She walked across the street. She walked quietly up to the dumpster. She peeked around the corner. She could not believe what she was looking at. She saw the young man, a young woman and four young children eating the hot dish as if they had not 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". Tears came to the young man's eyes. " You have everything and we have nothing".
Elnora put her cell phone away.
He grinned. " I figured you would not miss it".
With tears now in her eyes, Elnora walked back into 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
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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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