…now my poppies must try to live with that
The Doclopedia #816
It’s In The Bag!: The Burlap Sack
“Lem! Lem! Oh Lordy, Lem, you gotta see this! It’s a piece off one of them outer space ships like they write about in them magazines down at Foster’s Store! I seen the ship an’ the little gray fellers what was in it, Lem, gospel truth!”
“Alright, alright. Let me catch my breath, Lem, an’ I’ll tell ya the way it happened. Whew! I done run here clean from Swampy Bottom, where I seen it all. Whew! Thanks, cousin, I am right parched after that run.”
“Well, ya see, I was down there in Swampy Bottom lookin’ fer reeds that Grandma can use fer weavin’ an’ I come around that big old boulder on the north side an’ I seen this shiny silvery thing that looks like a giant pie tin turned upside down. It musta been pert near 75 feet across an’ a good 15 feet high at the center. There was lights blinkin’ an’ it was makin’ a soft hummin’ sound kinda like a cat purrin’. There was pieces of it layin’ hither an’ yon an’ them little gray fellers was workin’ busy as bees tryin’ to put it back together. Them little fellers wasn’t more’n 4 feet tall an’ they was bald headed smooth as an egg an’ had big ol’ eyes like a bug. Their arms an’ legs was real skinny an’ their fingers was too long to look proper. At first, I thought they was nekkid as jaybirds, but if that was so, it woulda meant they didn’t have nothin’ , you know, down there. Turn out they was wearin’ real tight pajama things.”
“So I’m standin’ there, so skeered I cain’t move an’ my ol’ heart is fittin’ ta bust clean outta my chest, an one o’ them spacemen turns an’ sees me! He gives out this screechy noise an’ I yell an’ then another o’ them points a hunk o’ pipe at me an’ I fall over on my back, stiff as a board. I could see an’ breath and hear an’ such, but I could nary wiggle a toe! Then they all come over an’ looked at me an’ talked in some buzzyquacky noise an’ then they all run off an’ a few minutes later that spaceship lifted up in the air an’ it was all a’glowin’ an’ then it took off straight up faster’n anythin’ I ever did see. Right ’round a minute later, I could move agin’.”
“Well sir, I jumped up an thanked the Lord an’ started runnin’ but I tripped over this here piece of that spaceship. I reckoned I oughtta bring it back, lest y’all think I had gone plumb crazy, so I tossed it in this here sack and started in to runnin’. So now you’ve seen it, so we both know I ain’t makin’ up stories. Ain’t it somethin’ to see? Lookit them blinkin’ little lights. Yeah, it does seem awful light for it’s size, for sure. I reckon them spaceships need to be real light to go that fast.”
“Nope, got no idea what I’ll do with it. Reckon I could try to sell… Well, hey there, Jody! Come on over here an’ take a look at… What? Army fellers down near Swampy Bottom? Oh, good lord, this ain’t gonna go well fer me.”
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