LINDA: The snowstorm took Mary Ann by surprise.
RAE: She tied some pine branches to her feet to serve as snowshoes.
LINDA: Mary Ann was thin and she didn’t need many branches to make the snowshoes.
RAE: One time she accidentally put on a pair of kid’s snowshoes and sank to the bottom of a snowbank.
LINDA: For good measure, Mary Ann tested the snowshoes by jumping up and down.
RAE: She stayed on the surface!
LINDA: Mary Ann walked as fast as she could to the gas station.
RAE: She tromped through the door and demanded a bucket of hot coffee.
LINDA: The gas station clerk looked at her and said, “You’re just in time. I have one bucket left.”
RAE: Mary Ann drank the bucket of coffee straight down and bought a gas station hotdog as a snack.
LINDA: She tromped back to her home, and in her caffeine high, she called up her best friend in California.
RAE: “BeverlyyougottainvitemeouttovisityouinCaliforniaitistoosnowyheretootoosnowyhereIwanttobesomeplacewarmohmygoshyougottahelpmeBeverly.”
LINDA: Beverly asked, “Did you have a bucket of coffee again? I told you to stay off that stuff!”
RAE: “But two cups of coffee is supposed to be good for your brain and I only had one.”
LINDA: “I’m sending you some Benadryl,” Beverly replied.
RAE: “If I take the Benadryl, can I come to visit?”
LINDA: “Sure, talk to me in 3 days.”
RAE: “Yay! We can go to the beach and play volleyball!” Mary Ann exclaimed.
LINDA: “Yes, dear. We can do anything you want,” Beverly lied.
RAE: “I should start shoveling snow.”
LINDA: “Yes, you should, dear. Call me when you’ve shoveled all the snow in New England.”
RAE: “That will take forever!” Mary Ann wailed.
LINDA: “Yes, Mary Ann. Good bye,” Beverly said and hung up.
RAE: Mary Ann realized all the snow in New England would be melted by May so she would call Beverly then.
LINDA: Mary Ann thought to herself, “Beverly’s such a good friend!”
Photo Credit: Pixabay, “Blizzard,” 2017