Jonas' Story

"He seemed just fine to me. Maybe a little concerned about these two yahoos though" answered Kim. "Hey! I take offense to the yahoo thing!" contested one of the Rick/Dicks. Doris gave a boot to both of them, just for the sake of fun, "Did I say you could speak? No, I didn't so keep quiet or I'll boot you where it REALLY hurts!" Shauna gave her a high 5 for that one and begged them both to say something. Anything! "Come on big boys! I want to see grown men cry!" Patsy sat at the table taking all the action in, hankie in hand to wipe away her tears of laughter."I love this! I wouldn't trade you guys for anything! This has been the worst and best week-end of my life!!" She continued chuckling and then they heard the putter of the golf cart. "Finally!! Where have you been?" Shauna scolded as she stomped out the door. Judy, all smiles, apologised and explained; "As soon as Kim left, we took off behind her in Jonas' cart. I convinced Jonas to take my short cut through the woods and then I remembered that I left my bag on his counter. We went back to get my bag and it wasn't there. So we searched high and low to find it. We gave up because we knew you were all waiting for us and would get worried so we left and once again took my short cut which Jonas said was no short cut and he was right so we had to take the real trail and here we are but I NEED my bag! WHEW!! Now I'm out of breath!" "I have your bag right here. You left it on the mini-bike since we were in such a rush." Kim held up the bag as Judy swooped in and started going through it doing a quick inventory. "OH good!!! My book on how to free clutter from your purse is still here! And my swiss knife is here...who took the tweezers from my swiss knife?!?... oh, here they are. Nevermind! We're all good. Hey Jonas, tell us what you know about these two yahoos!" "Enough with the yahoo thing again!" whined Rick/Dick. He whined even more because Doris gave him a swift kick in the thigh, "Next time it'll be higher and you'll really howl," she warned.
"Okay, now that we're all here let's straighten this whole mess out." Shauna was taking control of the situation. SOMEONE had to! They all got situated and waited for the story as Jonas cleared his throat..."It all started back in '62 when I was a young man" Kim spoke up, "you wouldn't have been THAT young. You would've been, what, 30 something?" All eyes glared upon her. It was the "shut-up" glare she was accustomed to. She shrugged and added "I was just SAYING. Geez! Anyway, sorry Jonas, keep going. I'll shut up. Really. Don't worry about me. I won't say another word." "Please continue with your story Jonas," Doris added while she gave Kim the eye. Once again, he cleared his throat and started his story...."It all started back in '62. I was a young Ranger in these woods. Loved my job and the people and the community. There was a lovely brunette came to stay in these cabins for a couple of weeks. I knew there was a story there but was afraid to ask. We came across each other a lot that first week. It was love at first sight, I s'pect. We were inseparable that next week then she was gone. Like the wind. Never heard a word and after a while I never expected to. Then about 5 years later I got a note"..................