Goodbye, Grandfather!

Mz. Virginia has often shared a funny story about her granddaughters, Rebecca and Kim.

When Mz. Virginia had either Rebecca or Kim by themselves, she had absolutely no trouble with either girl. But when the two got together, it was quite a trying combination, according to Mz. Virginia.

One time, when the girls were around nine or ten years old, Mz. Virginia had invited them to come spend the day with her. She had all kinds of plans to entertain them; she planned a big outing to town, where they would shop and eat out and perhaps even see a movie before she brought them home for a sleepover.

It wasn't to be.

From the beginning, it was obvious that things were heading downhill fast. As soon as the girls got together, they became loud and boisterous, tearing a path through the house, giggling and screaming and acting "nuttier than fruitcakes." They were into the cupboards in every room, leaving towels and dishes and books and magazines--in fact, everything they touched--lying around on the furniture and the floor. "Looked like a herd of cattle had gone through there," Mz. Virginia recalled.

Mz. Virginia thought perhaps if she sent them outside, they would burn off some of their excess energy while she got ready for the trip to town~which she was beginning to dread. This only served to make things worse, as the girls ran in and out, in and out, tracking in dirt as they came and went and making even more noise and messes. They seemed to feed off each other~"what one didn't think of, the other one did...there wasn't a thing in that house they didn't touch and move," Mz. Virginia says, waving her hand at the memory. "In and out and up and down~oh!"

After about two hours, Mz. Virginia had had enough. She called Carol Lee and said, "Come get these brats! I can't stand them."

The girls were stunned and deflated. "They had cheated themselves out of a movie and all the money I usually spent on them," Mz. Virginia recalls. "They were not happy about it at all."

Kim's mother, Carol Lee, came to pick the girls up. They both drew their shoulders back and threw their noses into the air with a completely injured air. Ignoring Mz. Virginia, the girls stalked to their grandpa's chair. "Goodbye, Grandfather," they each said primly and flounced from the house.

Glen thought this was delightful and cackled openly. Mz. Virginia admits she couldn't help but laugh as well.