THE PHONE CALL (!)

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                                HELLO?





                                 **'Hi honey.**
                                **This is Daddy.**
                                **Is Mommy near the phone?'**
                         
**'No, Daddy.****She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul.'**


**After a brief pause,**




**Daddy says,**
**'But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul.'**






**'Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy,**
**Right now..'**




Brief Pause.



**'Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do.**
**Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs**
**And knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy**
**That Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway.'**

**'Okay, Daddy, Just a minute.'**


**A few minutes later**
**The little girl comes back to the phone.**

**'I did it, Daddy.'**


**'And what happened, honey?' **


**'Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming.**
**Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser**
**And now she isn't moving at all!'**


**'Oh my God!!!  What about your Uncle Paul?'**

**'He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too..**
**He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window**
**And into the swimming pool.**
**But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water**
**Last week to clean it.**

**He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead.'**

*****Long Pause*****




*****Longer Pause*****




*****Even Longer Pause*****




**Then Daddy says,**



**'Swimming pool?  ...........**



**Is this 486-5731?'*

**No, I think you have the wrong number........*