Sidewalk Eggs

‘I swear Billy B. this is the hottest day that I can remember,’ Neva J. said as she wiped her brow.

‘If there has been a hotter day the devil has kept it for himself,’ Chet mused.

‘I say that we should go to the Orpheum Theatre and see Lady And The Tramp…it is the first showing this afternoon,’ Jane proclaimed.

‘I did not sleep a wink last night until just before daylight when the thunderstorm started and the temporary cool breeze wafted through the bedroom window,’ Neva J. said.

The Orpheum was so cool it felt cold after coming into it from the 100-degree heat outside. Grandma Askew…who believed that air conditioning was bad for your health…said that when you come into an AC-cooled room after being overheated…you could die of a heart attack. Old Tom died a couple of weeks back and the doctor said that he died of natural causes but his wife Maude insists that it was air conditioning that killed him.

Neva J. fell asleep in the cool theatre. She did not notice when Billy B. and Chet slipped out and walked a hot walk on boiling sidewalks to the Dairy Queen to purchase some elicit Marlboro Cigarettes. As they walked back to the Theatre to cool off they both felt hungry.

‘Let us go to the Town And Country restaurant to get a quick plate of eggs and bacon,’ Billy B. suggested.

‘You do not think that Jane or Neva J. will miss us,’ Chet asked?

‘They were both snoring when we left and as comfortable as those seats are and the cool climate they will sleep throughout the movie,’ Billy B. assured Chet.

‘Who is your cook my good lady…that was the best breakfast that I have ever had even though it is no longer breakfast time,’ Chet said with renewed zeal.

‘Our Cook is out back of the restaurant…he prefers to cook in the heat of the day,’ the waitress said with a slight smile.

‘Your breakfast was to die for…Maestro,’ Chet said.

‘Would you like a second helping…I have prepared too much as many of the folks in Eldorado do not enjoy the heat,’ said the etheral man in the black robe and sporting a wicked grin that showed from his red face…

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