Fantasticoe Home Page Fantasticoe 1996  Henry's Teapot  Julie
Kluth       "Aunt Susan, you have seat belts on the kitchen
chairs!"       "You bet I do Henry. I wouldn't want anything to
happen to my favorite nephew while we're having tea and
cookies."       "But Aunt Susan, what could happen in your
kitchen? We're just having a--a tea party."       "Oh Henry, we
don't have time for questions. Run and fetch my umbrella before
we sit down dear."       Mom told me Aunt Susan was a little
eccentric. But having seat belts on the kitchen chairs, and
asking for an umbrella before having tea and cookies goes beyond
eccentric--it's weird. This was not my idea of a fun afternoon.
     I wanted to stay with my friend Bruce while Mom and Dad
were out of town. We were going to add the finishing touches to
our club house. Or I could have stayed with Aaron. He said the
bull-heads were nearly jumping into the boat over at Pickett's
pond. If I stayed with Eric, we'd be hooping it up in a one-on-
one basketball game. But NO--I