Bragging Egmit

I am the only patriotic red, white and blue gnome in the USA, Egmit said. I was surprised at Egmit’s braggadocio but kept silent. The 4th of July parade starts at two, and I knew the theme was gnome. By three that afternoon, Egmit had a long face, he was in tears. There had been over two hundred patriotic gnomes in the parade. You are the best one, I told him. This seemed to cheer him a notch.