Brian stopped by and we offered him a safe chocolate, “Hey these are GOOD!” said Brian, “Where’d you get them?”
John pointed to the house next door. A few days ago John found a great buy on erasers so called our neighbor Matt who is a middle school math teacher, “Can you use erasers?” the answer; “Yea, sure could.”
John had also found a great price on 15 body pillows. He unloaded them into the house which made him happy as a song bird on a pile 63 peanut butter suet blocks piled up on the front lawn surrounded by an anti- cat cage with an opening on top too small for jays!
John gleefully called Matt again, Can you come over now?” The answer was no.
“Can’t come now, how about later?”
John’s world almost dropped out; he can never wait for Christmas let alone eraser delivery. In a sad but mysterious David Copperfield voice he said, “Can I put them through your mail slot?” Through the phone I could hear the resignation in Matt’s voice as he answered in the affirmative.
The only reason John didn’t break the sound barrier on his way over was that the distance was too short! He started pushing erasers through the mail slot and at about thirteen Matt pulled the door open saying, “OK, just gimmie the bag, just gimme the bag!” but John kept stuffing. It’s hard to turn that boy off but after awhilehe took pity.
Matt asked’ “How many are there anyway?”
“66!!!” John said.
“Why do you call these Safe Chocolates?” Brian asked.
I spoke up, “John puts them in the safe so I don’t eat them all!”  nancymauerman.com