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Topic: Poor (10/25/04)
TITLE: CASSIE'S POOR ARM
By Bonnie Johnson
10/25/04
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This day was a disaster, starting from dawn to setting sun..........We went threw, dust storms, a tornado in Kansas, a ticket for doing nothing wrong , ........I had meet the Lone Ranger, and he called himself a cop....I told him we were the only ones in the car........So after he discovered my gun that was in the back seat, He said put your hands on the dash...... It wasn't loaded, and I could not reach it any way..... The police in the other state, said put it in the window, where all the officers can see it.... That way when they stopped me for anything, " They could see it was just for protection................Three thousand miles I had driven, and I was really tired..... The Lone Ranger," green as grass,".... had stopped me while watching his lights..... He was stopped in front of me...... It looked like a Christmas tree farm..... Poor Cassie's in a sling, she could not move her arm.....He looked at the 30-30 resting in plain view....Put your hands on the dash,. that means you to.......I was tired, I had drank a l0 cups of coffee, lost in a tornado for hours...... and now, we were about to be shot, by a go getter of the police.department..... On the road to a rodeo.....Step out of the car. I said my gun in the back seat ..... Is it loaded? No you fool I am not an idiot......Poor Cassie, her arm was outstretched... and really starting to hurt... Are you alone?....Yes we are, and he began to question me...... But there was a surprise in the back of the car.... I had brought my Bird with me......His Favorite line is, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? That cop was all over the car....Poor Cassie's arm was about to fall off.... That cop was looking hard..... You said you were alone...... We are, I had forgotten about the bird.....Admiral Forgerty was in the back seat .... I had two dogs....also ....The fun ,was just beginning to start., Poor Cassie in the front...stretched out like a log... She was getting upset the pain had started to set in....... And when he stuck his head in the door, to check on the noise he heard... Our Dalmatian almost ate off his face.... So we were in trouble again.....How could a hurt child, a Dalmatian, a cop, a tornado, fireworks, and a bird turn my world upside down.......I could not hardly see.... He ask me.,..".Are you tired? " I almost tore off his head......So the next time... you see a cop stopped on the freeway... and you politely yield the road........ Make sure it is not the 4th of July and you are not in a hurry to get home.... There were fireworks and a tornado we .had just came threw... I had gotten lost in the city..., trying to find the toll gate.....and then to my surprise dear sir I have found you......... In my head the laughter filled the air.......I was going to get back in the car and pull out all my hair................... Cassie's arm was concerning me.... I tried to get her home....They were all waiting for us... the trip was really hard..... So her poor arm was killing her....and now we were hours late.....Pull off the road and rest a while the officer would say.....I have a hurt child in here, you want to visit and I need to be on my way.....Chest pains my husband was having... So we needed to go our way.....The officer followed....he suggested coffee and to wait.... I had enough coffee for a thousand and being lost I had not ate...... That cop is gone she said in relief.... my poor arm now I can rest...... No he is not I feel him ahead of us....There he was by the toll gate.......Just waiting for me again....... See we can not get rid of him.....The lone ranger rides again.....So by that time, The toll gate ahead I could see..... I got out my money and hurried threw.... By the way..... The policeman told me he to was a little upset..... he had gotten caught in the tornado to and had pulled over to rest....That is why the lights were blazing in front of me.. Our friends and Family were waiting us., to set fireworks off on that day. I looked at Cassie her poor arm resting on her chest...,.. No more fireworks tonight......I have had enough fireworks to last the rest of my life.............