My cousin and I were
seniors together in high school. We graduated together and also received some
of the same gifts for our graduation presents.
One gift she received
that I didn’t was a gold wrist watch. I think her parents gave it to her. She
was very proud of the watch and wore it all the time.
She had a very
unfortunate incident happen to this gift. If you know about out-door toilets
you know what hot, stinky places they are in the summer! On one of Jewel’s
visits to their outhouse shortly after graduation she was wearing her watch.
The clasp got hung on her clothing and came open. Before she could catch the
watch it came off and fell down into one of the holes. Needless to say, she was
horrified.
When her dad came in
from working in the field she told him what happened. He suggested she get a
rake and sain through the ‘mess’ and see if she could find it. Sure enough,
after several hours of trying she came up with the watch. After a good
scrubbing and cleaning, the watch appeared to be as good as new. She was very
happy!
How awful--and funny! This reminds me of that story of the watch in Pulp Fiction. I suppose we may not want to know where those heirloom watches have been.
ReplyDeleteBrandi, that hadn't occurred to me, funny.
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