Thursday, October 21, 2010

THE NUMBER



**Rrriiiiinnnnggg, rrriiiinnnngg,** 
**'Hello?'**

 
**'Hi honey.**
**This is Daddy.**
**Is Mommy near the phone?'**

 
**'No, Daddy.**
**She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul.'**

 
**After a brief pause,**

 
**Daddy says,**
**'But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul.'**

 
**'Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy,**
**Right now..'**

 
Brief Pause.

 
**'Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do.**
**Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs**
**And knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy**
**That Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway.'**

 
**'Okay, Daddy, Just a minute.'**

 
**A few minutes later**
**The little girl comes back to the phone.**

 
**'I did it, Daddy.'**

 
**'And what happened, honey?' **

 
'Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming.**

 
**Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser**
**And now she isn't moving at all!'**

 
**'Oh my God!!!  What about your Uncle Paul?'**

 
**'He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too.**
**He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window**
**And into the swimming pool.**
**But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water**
**Last week to clean it.**

 
**He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead.'**

 
*****Long Pause*****

 
**Then Daddy says,*
**'Swimming pool?  .............**

 
**Is this 486-5731?'*

 
  **No, I think you have the wrong number.......* 



 

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