WHAT A QUESTION

*** I think it was 1982 , I was the manager of a Fireworks City tent in Horn Lake . A tent is only open for 10 to 14 days with about 80% of your sales occurring on 3 or 4 days.

The rest of the time the costumer traffic is slow & inconsistent .That is the way we were rolling when it happened .

There was a black girl about the age of 10 who came every day to buy fireworks . She never bought more than two to three dollars worth . She appeared to be a bit raggedy & I wondered where she was getting her money . I figured she was picking up coke bottles or something . The little girl came every day as regular as clockwork, & was in the tent when it happened .

A big brown brand new Cadillac pulled in . You could not help noticing the vanity plate on the front . The front plate was a picture of a hugh full bursting open cotton boll.

The well dressed lady who stepped out ,slipped on a pair of designer Ray - Bans . These dark glasses had a tiny cotton boll on the bottom of the left lens . This chick was obviously Big Money .

The lady cruised through the tent gathering up about 250 dollars worth of merchandise . She proceeded to the check out where there was a big sign saying NO CHECKS ACCEPTED .

The lady whipped out a ledger book of checks with a cotton boll emblazoned on each one & said to me " You will take a check."

I figured if any check is good surely this one is & we are talking about 250 dollars here . So I said yes & she began to write .

The little girl had been staring at the woman from the moment she entered the tent . With wonderment & amazement written all over her face the little girl asked " Can I ask you a question Miss?'

The woman looked down her nose & gave a curt nod of approval. The little girl asked " Why don't you wipe that bird mess off your glasses ?"

If looks could kill Desoto County would have had the body of a little black girl & a laughing tent manager to deal with .

That woman marched to her Caddy without a word , threw her fireworks in the back ,& slung gravel as she drove out .

The little girl asked me " What is wrong with her ?" I told the little girl " I think looking through bird mess will do that to you."

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