TICKLE ME ELMO
YES
I KNOW I’M 70 YEARS OLD AND I’M NOT IN MY SECOND CHILD
HOOD BUT I HAVE A TICKLE ME ELMO DOLL. MY DAUGHTER
SUSAN GAVE IT TO ME FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. WHY, I
HAVE NO IDEA UNLESS SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A TERRIFIC JOKE.
BUT THE JOKE WAS ON HER. I LIKED THE LITTLE FELLOW AND
WHEN I MADE IT LAUGH IT MADE MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER
LAUGH.
COME
TO THINK ABOUT IT ELMO IS NOT THE ONLY DOLL I HAVE. I
HAVE AN INDIAN PRINCESS DOLL THAT JENNY, ONE OF MY EMAIL
FRIENDS THAT LIVES IN CHICAGO MAILED TO ME. WE WERE
EMAILING BACK AND FORTH TALKING ABOUT BEING LITTLE
INDIANS AND … BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A
DIFFERENT TIME.
I
HAVE ANOTHER DOLL. THIS ONE IS A CHUBBLES FROM THE
FIRST STAR WARS MOVIE. YOU PASS YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF
IT’S NOSE AND BREAK THE BEAM OF LIGHT AND IT TRIBBLES.
I BOUGHT THAT ONE AT A GARAGE SALE TO HAVE HERE AT THE
HOUSE WHEN CHIVONA, MY GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER CAME TO
VISIT. WHEN SHE WAS TWO YEARS OLD SHE COULD TRIBBLE
JUST LIKE THE DOLL.
OH
YES! I HAVE A FUZZY REINDEER DOLL HOLDING A LITTLE
BASKET THAT WAS FULL OF CANDY AT ONE TIME. THE CANDY
DIDN’T LAST LONG BUT THE FUZZY REINDEER IS STILL WITH
ME. WHEN MY GREAT GRANDSON HAS HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY I’LL
HAVE TO FILL THE BASKET WITH JELLY BEANS AND GIVE IT TO
HIM FOR A BIRTHDAY PRESENT.
THEN
THERE IS BIG BIRD SITTING UP THERE ON MY BOOK CASE BUT
HE IS NOT REALLY A DOLL. HE IS A BANK AND I’VE BEEN
FEEDING HIM MY LOOSE CHANGE FOR A YEAR NOW. HE’S
GETTING PRETTY HEAVY. I MAY HAVE TO PUT HIM ON A DIET.
ONE OF THESE DAYS I’LL GIVE HIM TO DENNIS, MY GREAT
GRANDSON.
I
KEEP A FRESH BATTERY IN ELMO AND WHEN I GET LONESOME TO
SEE THE GREAT GRANDKIDS I TAKE HIM DOWN AND PRESS ONE OF
HIS PRESSURE POINTS TO HEAR HIM LAUGH. THIS REMINDS ME
OF HOW THE KIDS LAUGH AND IT HELPS ME MAKE IT A LITTLE
LONGER BEFORE I HAVE TO SEE THEM.
JOHNNIE TELLS ME IT’S ALRIGHT TO HAVE THESE DOLLS AS
LONG AS I LEAVE THEM SETTING ON THE BOOK CASE BUT IF SHE
EVER CATCHES ME TAKING ONE TO BED WITH ME OR SUCKING MY
THUMB I’M IN DEEP DOO DOO. SHE DOESN’T WANT ANOTHER
CHILD TO RAISE.
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