Grandmother’s Cookies.

Grandfather could never steal
Grandmother’s cookies without getting
caught. His fascination with them caused him
to try at every available opportunity. But
he’d close the cookie jar wrong, he’d
drop crumbs in obvious places, he’d
forget that chocolate chip cookies
leave an odor on his breath or a
stain on his teeth, that the jar would
eventually get empty. One time, when
grandchildren were visiting, he reached for
a cookie tin placed by Grandma high up
in the pantry and knocked over
an entire shelf with all its boxes and crocks.
Despite the continual practice, he
never got better at his cookie snatching and
Grandmother never stopped baking
nor hiding them.

© Sherman K Poultney 31 October 2005