HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-07-29, Page 13THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1971
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
PAGE 13
rom my 'window
(by Shirley 1. Keller)
I have been supressing the urge
every week now for some time to
write this column. Finally, this
week, I cleared the matter with
my dear spouse and he has agreed
to allow the story to appear in
print.
It isn't my custom to get per-
mission from my husband to
write about him, but this partic-
ular matter is so special that I
felt it was absolutely imperative
for the sake of our marriage - to
forewarn my guy what I was up
to.
The whole thing began quietly,
without the least amount of fuss.
My eldest son and I were watch-
ing television late at night,
after the rest of the household
was asleep, when we noticed
something large and swoopy
in the front hall where the light
was blazing brightly.
My son took a closer look and
found the intruder was a bat - one
of those squeaky, lousey creature:
which are supposed to get caught
in your hair and all those creepy
things,
"I'll call dad, " offered my
brave son who dislikes vermin
as much as I do."
The night was hot, horribly
hot, and the hour was late.
Keep these two facts foremost in
your mind.
I heard a muffled grumbling
which took on the shape of curs-
ing and watched as my husband
descended the stairs. The fact
that he was stark naked did not
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
worry me or our son who crept
cautiously behind his father.
We're quite accustomed to seeing
one another in the nude so there
was not one shred of panic. The
attention was focused clearly on
the bat.
Hubby was obviously half as-
leep. He peered in and around
things in search of the bat but
saw nothing. He decided the
only sensible approach was to
flush the beast out.
"Get me the broom, " he order-
' ed in a tone which indicated this
was no time for levity.
Our son obediently brought the
broom and handed it to his fath-
er. My husband then began a
furious poking and prodding, here
and there and everywhere where
a terrified bat might linger.
He must have touched a raw
nerve because in no time at all,
the bat was swooping again,
round and round above my husb-
and's head. I was watching the
whole thing from the safe side of
a French door and our son was
barricaded behind the kitchen
door where no bat had ever tress -
passed. It was my husband against
the bat.
Then came the frantic shouts
from my husband.
"Open the door, " he hollared
with furor. Somebody open the
door."
We obeyed his command with-
out question.
And there, framed in a circle
of light was my bare husband,
broom raised on high and chasing
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to and fro like a madman, for
the world to observe, while the
bat darted thither and yon at the
front entrance.
Blessedly, the bat finally went
out into the night, the doors
were closed, the broom was stor-
ed away in the cupboard, the
light was shut off and my husband
- still mumbling and half asleep -
climbed the stairs to bed.
The next morning, I covered
my face in shame as I emerged
' onto the front verandah to retr-
ieve the milk and the newspaper.
What if that woman- that neigh-
bour across the street whom I've
never even met - was watching
as my husband did his version
of Lady Godiva's ride. What
would she think?
I wore my dark eye glasses to
work, too. hopefully no one who
possibly had been out strolling
or driving late last evening
would recognize me as the wife
of the queer fellow who does the
strange dancing in the funny
suit.
Halfway through the morning,
my husband appeared at the
office where I work. He looked
quite normal. He got into quiet
conversation with some of the
fellows with whom I work but
before long, I could hear loud
gafaws from their direction.
It seems my husband had fin-
ally realized what he'd done the
night before, while half asleep,
and with red face quickly left
the premises to reflect on it.
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