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remember that old and equally eccentric couple

Mr. and Mrs. Duck

they were the ones who lived down the lane

with the canine teeth

and their breath between the two of them could gag

even a goat

after I said all that, surely you must remember them now?

come on! Remember......... she's the one that was said

to have murdered her daughter-in-law's best jersey cow

she supposedly backed over it accidentally with her

deaf cousin Hobart's big green caddy

now, do you recall?

remember me telling you about Hobart? he's the one who

had the arms of an under loved octopus whenever he \

hugged us girls after Sunday services each Easter

which was the ONLY time he ever managed to make it to

church

like he never got enough loving at home from his touchy

feely wife Estelle

Am I ringing any bells yet ?

what a hoot! you couldn't have possibly forgotten all those

mirth filled memories yet

I remember them all so very well

after all its not been so very many months ago

Dwight and Dorothy that was their names

they were as original as dishwater is dull

our families each made us call them Mr. and Mrs. Duck

because respect for our elders was the number one rule

remember what we called ole Dwight though behind his back?

Mr LIGHTNING LEAD FOOT DUCK WONDER

whenever he'd go flying low down the graveled lane in his trusty

rusty old Ford chasing Earl 'Scooter' Potter

the one armed mail man

wearing a Dracula mask whenever Scooter left sear's

catalogs in his box

He did it cause Dorothy loved to look and spend

you see that catalog gave her ideas to fuel her  

whims or so Dwight said

and Dwight knew 'ole sober sides Scooter was afraid

of bats, cats, werewolves and vampires even his own

shadow so that was Dwight's way of getting back at him

( the Dracula mask)

and it worked too!!!!

I bet a couple of times his pranks made Scooter soak his shorts

also, remember the time dumb duck Dwight tried to pas off his

mangy old cats as a feline version of seeing

eye dogs

then turned right around and unknowingly fed them along with

the slop one morning to Gertrude and Esmerelda

his prize winning hogs

I still to this day think he did that on purpose

we made so much fun out of pert near every thing

he, Dorothy, Hobart and Estelle ever done

its rather nice sitting here sharing these Fond Recollections of my

childhood neighbors with you

even if they were often unknowingly so much fun....

( written Aug 20, 1992)