The phone call

*Rrriiiiinnnnggg,
rrriiiinnnngg,**
 

 

**'Hello?'**

 

**'Hi honey.**

**This is Daddy.**

**Is Mommy near the phone?'**

 

**'No,
Daddy.**

**She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Gabe.'**

 

 

**After
a brief pause,**

 

 

**Daddy
says,**

**'But
honey, you haven't got an Uncle Gabe.'**

 

**'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 Gabe?'**

 

**'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*****

 

*****Longer
Pause*****

 

*****Even
Longer Pause*****

 

**Then
Daddy says,**

 

**'Swimming
pool?  ...............**

 

**Is
this 486-5731?'*

 

 

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

Thanks Kerry