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[Kirk Reiser]

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***'Hello?'**
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****'Hi honey.**
**This is Daddy.** *
  ***Is Mommy near the phone?'** *

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****'No, Daddy.** *
  ***She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Gabe.'** *

  ***After a brief pause,** *

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



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



  *Brief Pause. *


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****'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.'** *


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****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.** *



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****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 Gabe?'** *



  ***'He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too.** *



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****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 01208 789 123?'*
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   ***No, I think you have the wrong number.........**