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The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Betty was petite most of her life, lately her doc telling her she was getting even smaller, due to osteoporosis and her getting older, she was shrinking an average of 5 inches every year, so by the time she was 65 she was as small as a button on a teddy bear, her husband dealt with it as a loving husband should, trying not to step on her as best he could, one day Betty was wearing her new tan inner tube, while swimming and splashing in her dixie cup pool, feeling tired and hungry the water getting too cool, she climbed down the little ladder and dried off with a tiny cloth, and couldn't get the tan inner tube off, hearing her husband in the kitchen fixing something to eat, she ran over to the breakfast table with her tiny little feet, climbing up the little stairs all the way to the top, by the time she got up there, she collapsed with a plop, just then her husband spilt cereal all over the table top… unfortunately for Betty it was Cheerios, and she blended right in with her tan inner tube, her husband was so hungry he grabbed a handful that had spilled, thinking that what he ate was 100% food... Bettys family thought that she got so small she just simply disappeared, the husband thinking it was the family cat, always having that feline fear!

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 7/5/2016 1:55:00 PM
What a great imagination! It held me all the way...
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Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 7/5/2016 8:43:00 PM
Thanks so much Carol, sometimes it runs away with me and other times it barely there! :)
Date: 6/20/2016 3:32:00 PM
Really enjoyed this, Cheryl. Lovely story. Barry.
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Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 6/20/2016 9:07:00 PM
Thanks Barry, I guess its lovely until he devours her, lol! :(
Date: 6/4/2016 10:24:00 PM
Poor Betty!
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Cheryl Hoffman
Date: 6/20/2016 9:08:00 PM
I know, what a way to go!!:(

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