the great egg souffle 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 souffle 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. Then she noticed the back door to the church was ajar. She walked out onto a small sidewalk . She looked to the right and noticed the young man who had taken the egg souffle dish. He was standing across the street next to a green dumpster.
She walked across the street and quietly went over 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 egg souffle dish as if they hadn't eaten in days.
" What are you doing eating our egg souffle dish?". Elnora pulled out her cell phone to call the police.
" Please don't call". Tears began to flow down the young man's face. " You have everything and we have nothing".
Elnora put her cell phone away.
" I figured you would not miss it".
With tears forming in her eyes, Elnora walked back into church. They did end up with plenty of egg souffle to go around. When the morning 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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