A Very Good Afternoon

A very Good Afternoon

“Don’t jump to conclusions.”

“I didn’t jump.”

“You know what I mean.”

No… Did I jump?”

“Yes, and no… It’s a saying when people decide they know the answer to some problem because they think of something that could be the answer. The ‘jump’ part means they decide really fast.”

“That’s stupid.”

“Kind of. But it still means that.”

“I mean the other part, deciding it’s the reason because you’re in a hurry to find out the answer.”

“Exactly.”

“But, I didn’t do that.”

“You decided you knew what happened in like three seconds!”

“But I didn’t decide, I knew.”

“Knew what?”

“Knew the exact answer to where the ice cream went.”

“How? We both came in here looking for ice cream. You expected it to be in the freezer just like I did. How could you know what happened to it?”

“I was standing near the window. When the ice cream was not in the freezer, I glanced out, and saw Mom handing it to Mrs. Parks at the back gate.”

“She gave her our ice cream?!”

“I guess. Though I don’t want to be jumping to any conclusions… Maybe Mrs. Parks bought it from Mom?”

“Now that’s stupid! Why would Mrs. Parks buy our ice cream?”

“I don’t know.”

In came Mom, “If you’re looking for the ice cream, I just sold it to Mrs. Parks. She’s having a party and forgot to get some, we can go buy more. Maybe we can even stop at Shorties and get fancy ice cream on the way home! I’d like some butter pecan myself!” she looked at the boys. “Nobody wants ice cream?” she asked.

“It’s a long story Mom, can we tell you all about it at the ice cream shop?

It was a very good afternoon after all.