Meanwhile, down at the yarn shop ... "Dang

Meanwhile, down at the yarn shop ... "Dang Mildred, did you see the caboose on that delivery guy?" "Haha yeah! He must work out!" *High-five* "Hey pass me a skein of the red angora

,Beatrice." "What are you making?" Mildred asked. Bea waggled her bushy grey eyebrows. "I'm knitting Julio the Pool Boy somethin' special: a red angora thong!" "Ooowheee!" Mildred

hopped over to further inspect Bea's fuzzy creation. Mildred imagined Julio wearing it. Wow, he'll look just like Sean Connery in Zardoz. "Bea, you should make a matching pair of

welcome mats!" Bea spilt her long island Iced Tea and used her "Fuzzy Creation" to mop it up. Mildred wished Julio was here. She never forgot that loving time in the Ramada.

She'd crocheted a skirt from her nether tresses which allowed her to promenade in the nude. She'd enjoyed the notoriety but one day she saw a gentleman walking her way whose

audacity rivaled her own. His beard was woven from wisps of wool. His top hat towered above the street lamps. He smiled a dripping smile as his eyes landed upon her.

She held some of the wool from his beard that became snow. Suddenly it snowed and she realised she had no boots, just sneakers. She also had no coat, but that was easier to deal

with now that she had long, blue fur growing all over her body. But her feet were still cold, and her sneakers were wet from the melted snow. "Old man," she pleaded, "Let me have

my former life back. It sucks to be Cookie Monster!" But then the old man's wife brought in a plate of toll house cookies, & she lost it: "ME LOVE COOKIES!" She ate cookies, plate,