Writing is like being able to put life into a snow globe. It takes the things that are too big and scary and reduces them into a form that I can put away when I want and look at from a distance. It also takes all that’s good in life and captures it into something I can take out when I want and look at close up and keep forever. It makes the bad things into something I can hold…and the good things into something I can hold onto. Both help so much that I need that little souvenir of life.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Sub Notes: A Scary Halloween Story

I’m sorry to say this is not my story. This is an “as told to” story passed along by an elementary school teacher some time ago. I just thought it bore repeating and fits so nicely with Halloween.

There were several children in the family, all elementary-aged and under. At some point after the mother ran off and left the father and children, a well-known prostitute in town moved into the family’s trailer.

The children referred to her as The Nanny.

The children had been under The Nanny’s care for several weeks when Halloween rolled around. The school’s policy was that costumes were allowed as long as they weren’t threatening in any way.

The Nanny sent a note to the children’s teachers saying that the youngsters wouldn’t be attending school on Halloween because “Halloween is a day for SATIN!”

So instead of exposing them to such turpitude, The Nanny took the children to the local bar with her. Where the authorities eventually had to retrieve them after she got arrested and hauled off to jail for getting into a drunken brawl with another woman.

Ah, the fabric of humanity.

Happy Halloween.


Halloween is a day for SATIN! ~The Nanny
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6 comments:

  1. Donna VolkenanntOctober 26, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    Cute post. What was that "nanny" thinking?
    Donna

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  2. Pat WahlerOctober 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM

    So was she nanny or ninny?

    Pat
    Critter Alley

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  3. Linda O'ConnellOctober 26, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    My oh my. Those poor children.

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  4. Maude LynnOctober 27, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    I think I know these people . . .

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  5. JulesOctober 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM

    I'm so glad to hear we have a holiday celebrating SATIN, it does rub you just the right way. Sorry, I'm still giggling on this one. :)
    Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow

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  6. Lisa Ricard ClaroOctober 29, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Holy spandex, Batman! Is this a TRUE story? LOL

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