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omebody's mother
late chip cookie No. 2.
baked chocolate chip
Somebody's brain must have
cookies. Four dozen.
been affected by the chocolate
The familiar aroma of
because he kept eating cookies
fresh treats tantalized her 7- and
and rearranging them until over
9-year-old sons. Equally tempt-
a dozen had disappeared. At
ing-was the sight of melting
that point, somebody figured
chunks of chocolate peeking
that some other body might no-
out of warm, golden brown,
tice if he continued to eat cook-
freshly baked dough. Cooling
ies. Besides, somebody was full.
on the kitchen table within
So he 'stopped.
sight, smell, touch and taste, the
Later,- somebody's mother
cookies commanded attention.
called both boys into the
Somebody's mother an-
kitchen an• demanded to know
nounced to both boys the
what hadliappened to the
cookies were for eating.
cookies.
After dinner.
"I don't know," said the
When his mother went
7-year-old.
out to run an errand,
"Neither dol," said the
somebody decided to
9-year-old.
get a close-up view of
"Somebody's ly-
the cookies.
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Somebody found
close proximity to r
Do you have a
the cookies intoxi- 1
family story, mem-
cating and decided I
ory or adventure you would like
one corner of one
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to share with our readers? If so,
cookie couldn't possi- I
we would love to hear from you.
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bly be missed. So
Please send to As We See It, The
somebody helped him- \ AppleTree, 27676 Franklin Road,
self to a single chunk. 1
Southfield, MI 48034. Submis-
After teasing his
1 sions must be typed and should
sense with a portion of a I be no longer than three, double-
cookie, somebody real-
spaced pages. We regret that
ized how obvious it was
manuscripts cannot be returned.
that a piece was missing.
So somebody destroyed
ing," said the mother,
the evidence by depositing it in
not knowing who "somebody"
his stomach.
was.
Believe it or not, somebody
After a series of failed bribes,
enjoyed eating that cookie so
threats and lectures, somebody
much, his rational mind set out
was sent to his room. So was his
to get him another one. One
brother. "You two can come out
more cookie wouldn't be
as soon as somebody confess-
missed, somebody's mind rea-
es," said the mother. Nobody
soned. So somebody ate choco-
did.