Friends, just so you know, Spring ain’t here yet, and our grandkids are selling stuff again for school! This time it’s candy!
Do y’all remember selling stuff for school? Seems like we were always selling something! I remember selling those little seed packs! That was fun!
I don’t remember selling candy bars except one time! Seems I had a lot of candy bars that went missing, and the money didn’t match the right amount! And I found a bunch of candy wrappers under one of my brothers beds! Ain’t saying who, but Emory sure did like chocolate bars!
I guess they didn’t trust me with candy after that!
I remember everybody sold something, and in the words of our famous bus driver Mr. Billy Spradling, Mantachie kids might not learn everything, but they’re gonna make some of the best dang door-to-door salesmen in the state!
Yesterday, Eli came in with a big old box of candy bars to sell! I thought I would have some fun with that, so I kept asking him about the candy. He said they were a dollar a bar!
I asked could I get one any cheaper because I was his Papaw, but he said, “Nope, it’s just a dollar a bar!”
Even Addi Grace, his sister, got to asking could she get one for free, and he said “No, still a dollar a bar!”
Then I asked him, “Eli, if the prettiest girl in school asked could she have a hug and a kiss from you for a candy bar, what would you do?”
He smiled and said, “Oh yeah, she could get a hug and a kiss from me — but if she wants a candy bar, she better have a dollar!”
And life goes on, on Thompson Hill.
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