Laughter Is Where You Find It.-

Today I cleaned a clogged drain pipe. It sounds nasty but not really. This often happen in the country where kitchen run off goes to a French drain. You cap the end and put hot water in with a little clorox, let it sit a while, then drain the sludge. So, I was in the process of rinsing out the pipe after cleaning and I had a small puddle of clean water on the ground, and the rinse water was to the left of that because I had moved the pipe somewhat. That is when I noticed the four earthworms. What they were doing, I don’t know. But, they were tied up in knots, two by two, and really having a good time. I could tell!!! Just then more dirty water began to flow out of the pipe. One of the worms was somehow attracted to what it thought was fresh water and quick as a flash, in one quick move untangled from the other worm. Making a mad dash in the water’s direction, and before even reaching it, stretched out almost twice it’s length, the front half rising off the ground to put what I assume to be equivalent to a mouth into the water. In mid air, without even coming to a complete stop it did a one and a half gainer with a full twist, and was on its way back to whence it came. It did NOT like that Clorox taste. I never laughed so hard in my life. The worm? Last time I looked it was tied up in knots again with you know who. © Sep 14 2010 For Carols Story contest