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Hey Henry Joe! |
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Authored By Michael M. Michaelson © May 2002 |
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"One day Henry Joe your gonna be a rich and famous man, I just feel it in my old bones," little Henry Joe's mother use to tell him on those special moments. Henry trusted his mother and just waited for his mothers words to come to pass and so grew up as poor as a church mouse and died not much better off. When his final day came to pass, only two people stood at his grave side upon his final goodbye. One of those was the under taker and the other was his only daughter Thelma Lou . No riches here and certainly no fame for Henry…SORRY MOM! Well, time went on by and things did change, and that old city cemetery on the edge of the country town of Silverton was slowly surrounded by urban growth, they thought to declare it. Those once little sapling oaks which once stood tiny around Henry's grave, were now giant over hanging Oak Trees. And the little sparsely inhabited grave yard was now one of the loveliest spots in the town. Now some swift new realtors from the hungry state south had their eyes on this most pleasant little hill along the main road in the midst of town. "No doubt ," they said, "it's worth a million but what can we do about it?" "No problems," said the big wigs, the mayor and city planner, "just move out the old graves to another cemetery and Wall-la, you got new land and the best of it all!" Within a short time, decrees were made and permission was granted by all families having relatives buried therein, except old Henry Joe's daughter Thelma Lou. For she said, "No way, my father never owned nothing in his life, but somehow he did manage that single most beautiful plot and I ain't gonna take that from him." All the big business boys said this was "Nuts," and this argument went back and forth, on and on for several years, but only old Henry's grave now remained on the hill in the middle of town. Meanwhile, the lands value increased day by day! Henry was now famous, for all the rich folks came to walk around on the grand hill and see where they might build their fantastic new homes which would then over look the city. There they would stop at his head stone and at the same time pay some respect but never without the idea of how they were going to get rid of him from that most wonderful and highly priced ground. Money finally became the key in turning the tide of Thelma Lou's mind, along with the assurance that her father would have only the best plot in the new cemetery and a mighty fine head stone, which would read, "Henry Joe Lived Poor And Unknown But Died Rich And Famous!" You bet, the city paid a handsome price for his plot, and on the day of his removal the headlines told the whole story of Henry Joe and his daughters new found wealth. So true came to pass, the words of his mother, "One day Henry Joe, your gonna be rich and famous," she just never knew when and how? Moral: Mothers words are great and wonderful, just don't wait around all your life, hoping a mothers wish is gonna come to pass. Make it happen yourself and prove your mother right! Contact Author at: |
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