Monday, February 16, 2009

The Case of the Disappearing Needle!

It was a calm Sunday evening as the Johnson's sat, in their living room, watching old I Spy shows. Bonnie decided to not waste the time just watching and got out some sewing. After the needle ran out of thread she stuck it in the top of the spool and put down the article of clothing she had been sewing. When she reached for the needle to rethread it she was shocked to find it missing! What had happened to the needle? She knew she had stuck it in the spool, but she had been forgetting things lately so perhaps she had stuck it in her shirt. No, it wasn't there! Maybe it had fallen to the floor, but after much searching with a flashlight and even sweeping up all around the area there was nothing to be found. The needle had disappeared. She knew she was getting older, but couldn't be getting that feeble minded. At long last the hunt ended and Bonnie decided to use another needle. She got one out and as she began to spin the thread around her hand she heard a clicking from inside the spool! Could it be? No! no way! She shook the spool and heard it again. The unmistakeable sound of a needle clicking in the middle of the spool. She removed the paper from the top of the spool of thread and there it lay innocent as could be. Yes, it tried a daring escape in it's disappearing act, but the ever vigilant Bonnie Zephyr was on the case and there was no escape.

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