Where's
My Ice Cream?!
A Michigan woman and her family were
vacationing in a small New England town where Paul Newman and his
family
often visited. One Sunday morning, the woman got up early to take
a long
walk. After a brisk five-mile hike, she decided to treat herself
to a double-dip
chocolate ice cream cone. She hopped in the car, drove to the
center of
the village and went straight to the combination bakery/ice cream
parlor.
There was only one other patron in the store, Paul Newman, sitting at
the
counter having a doughnut and coffee. The woman's heart skipped a beat
as her eyes made contact with those famous baby blue eyes. The
actor nodded
graciously and the star-struck woman smiled demurely.
'Pull yourself together,' she chided herself.
'You're a happily married woman with three children; you're forty-five
years
old, not a teenager!'
The clerk filled her order and she took
the double-dip chocolate ice cream cone in one hand and her change in
the
other. Then she went out the door, avoiding even a glance in Paul
Newman's
direction. When she reached her car, she realized that she had a
handful
of change - but her other hand was empty. 'Where's my ice cream
cone? Did
I leave it in the store?'
Back into the shop she went, expecting
to see the cone still in the clerk's hand or in a holder on the counter
or something. But no ice cream cone was in sight. With
that, she happened
to look over at Paul Newman. His face broke into his familiar warm,
friendly
grin and he said to the woman, "You put it in your purse."
Contributed
by
James Odle, Jr.
Copyright
© 2007, Jace Carlton. All International Rights Reserved.
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