Broken Horse (2013)
“Her father picked it up.
“Hello, Hanson residence,” he said in his best military voice. He was a colonel in the Marine Corps. After listening for a moment, he broke into a grin. “That’s easy,” he said into the phone. “The Grapes of Math.”
Carole knew that the strange comment meant it was Stevie on the other end of the phone. Stevie and Colonel Hanson were always trading corny old jokes, and most of them seemed to have something to do with grapes or elephants. Carole didn’t even want to know wha...t joke had elicited such a groaner of an answer.
She stood up and took the phone from her father. “Hi, Stevie,” she said.
“Hi. How’d you know it was me?” Stevie said from the other end of the line. Without waiting for Carole to answer, she rushed on. “You’ll never guess who’s coming to dinner at my house tonight.”
“Who?” Carole asked.
“Well, Lisa for one. And I hope you can come, too,” Stevie said. “Because the guest of honor is none other than the wonderful, marvelous Paige Dempsey.”MoreLess
“Hello, Hanson residence,” he said in his best military voice. He was a colonel in the Marine Corps. After listening for a moment, he broke into a grin. “That’s easy,” he said into the phone. “The Grapes of Math.”
Carole knew that the strange comment meant it was Stevie on the other end of the phone. Stevie and Colonel Hanson were always trading corny old jokes, and most of them seemed to have something to do with grapes or elephants. Carole didn’t even want to know wha...t joke had elicited such a groaner of an answer.
She stood up and took the phone from her father. “Hi, Stevie,” she said.
“Hi. How’d you know it was me?” Stevie said from the other end of the line. Without waiting for Carole to answer, she rushed on. “You’ll never guess who’s coming to dinner at my house tonight.”
“Who?” Carole asked.
“Well, Lisa for one. And I hope you can come, too,” Stevie said. “Because the guest of honor is none other than the wonderful, marvelous Paige Dempsey.”MoreLess
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