CHIEF MAHOGANY

CHIEF MAHOGANY WAS VERY WISE,  AND VERY VERY TALL (FROM OUR SHORT PERSPECTIVE) .  

IT WAS ALWAYS SPECIAL WHEN  OUR OLDER HIGHLY RESPECTED 5'10"  COUSIN  WE NICKNAMED  CHIEF MAHOGANY  CAME TO VISIT  WITH HIS PARENTS, SISTER, AND YOUNGER BROTHER  . . . WE ANTICAPATED THOSE VISITS  WITH GREAT EXCITMENT  BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A HUGE COMMOTION RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS, SLAMMING DOORS,  GOING  IN AND OUT  OF EVERY ROOM  IN THE HOUSE, RACING DOWN HALLWAYS AND THEN FINALLY  VENTURING OUTSIDE (EVEN IN THE WINTER) ONLY TO COME BACK IN TO WARM UP, CATCH OUR BREATH AND RESUME THE CHASE AFTER  CHIEF MAHOGANY (THE ONLY ONE OF US WHO COULD EASILY REACH THE TREASURE:  A HUGE BAG OF NESTLES  CHOCOLATE CHIPS).

IN RETROPSECT, I'M THINKING THAT MUMMY KNEW AND ANTICIPATED ALL OF THIS, AND SHE HAD  INTENTIONALLY HIDDEN THESE DELIGHTFUL MORSELS IN THE BACK PART OF THE VERY HIGHEST  KITCHEN SHELF.

WELL YOU CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT ALWAYS HAPPENED: CHIEF MAHOGANY LOVED CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND ONCE THE BAG WAS IN HIS HANDS, NO MATTER HOW FAST HE WAS RUNNING, HE WAS STILL ABLE TO TOSS A FEW CHIPS IN HIS MOUTH.  IS THIS WHAT THE EXPRESSION  "EAT AND RUN"  MEANS?   NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE CHASE INTENSIFIED AS THE CONTENTS DWINDLED!!

WHY THE NAME "CHIEF MAHAGONY?  ALL OF MUMMY'S FURNITURE WAS MAHOGANY (AND WE THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE A VERY ELEGANT INDIAN NAME).

"BEAU" BOWED OUT!

"Beau", our neighbor's beautiful large white furry four legged friend,  began the two mile walk with me as he usually does.  But ten minutes into the walk, "Beau" bowed out!   Was he simply too tired to accompany me  or simply too tired to chase the cows grazing in the pastures on either side of the country road?
Bow Wow for "Beau" bowing out . . . we all need the occasional holiday, even at the "punny farm" , , , n'est-ce pas?