(A true story that has been Bubbatized.)
Qumy (then 9) and Candy (then 7) had gotten off the bus together. Candy walked up ahead and arrived at the house before Qumy did. When Qumy tried to enter, the door was locked. That irritated her and she began to beat on the door and yell, “Candy, why did you lock me out? Unlock this door!”
Since Candy had the upper hand, she began to “yah, yah” at her sister from inside. Qumy began to beat on the upper part of the door that was glass. Candy was laughing and Qumy was beating on the door, Bam, Bam, Bam, and yelling! The glass in the door broke just as Bubba drove up. Bubba couldn’t believe what he saw and heard. Candy was laughing, Qumy was yelling, and crying, and beating on the door with the broken glass in it.
“What in the world is all this racket about?”
“Daddy, Candy locked me out of the house and she won’t open the door.”
Candy opened the door, smiling from ear to ear.
Happy-go-lucky, fun-loving Willie, who was 14, came walking up from his bus. He liked what he saw: the broken glass, Qumy crying, Candy laughing, and Bubba teed off with both of them! He was thoroughly enjoying the fact that Bubba was riled up at the girls. That left him totally innocent. Unaccustomed to being innocent, Willie got right into the middle of it. He was as intense in his curiosity as the three of them were in their conflict. Willie wanted to know every-thing! Every little bit of information he learned, or imagined, caused him to make fun, kibitz his sisters, and razz the whole situation. Willie’s presence made things worse!
Bubba said, “Willie, this is none of your business. You get in the front yard and stay there! Don’t say another word until I tell you to. You get out there right now and stay out of this!” Willie got the message.
Within four or five minutes Bubba and the girls settled everything. They apologized to each other and agreed to pay for the glass. Everything was back to normal.
But where was Willie?
Twenty minutes later Willie was still standing out in the front yard, all alone. No one would have thought of him if he had not yell loudly, “Hey, in there! Does anybody have any idea why I’m standing in the yard?”
The three of them erupted into laughter. Forgetting Willie couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person!
