Every Christmas Eve before I went to bed I would set up a table of goodies. The chocolate candy box would be open, fruit in a nice bowl, and goodies arranged on a serving plate, all awaiting the eager eyes of the kids. This was a tradition every year. This particular year morning came with the same excitement and delight. Presents opened and all was going well until I looked over at the goody table. To my surprise the opened box of chocolate candy was gone. 3 lbs on three layers of plastic slotted for each piece of candy trays was empty. I asked in an insensitive way, “Who took the candy?” Everyone played innocent. I was not happy. I was sure someone had taken all that candy to play a joke or something. No one had seen any chocolate candy. So all we had was an empty box with the plastic trays still undisturbed. That day we never did find the candy. That night I put mouse poisoning on the table. The next day it was gone. For three or four months went by and one day while cleaning the couch, I opened it up (fold open couch for bed), in the crease of the sofa were the chocolate candy and the mouse poisoning pellets. What a waste. Each piece of chocolate was in good shape except for a slight indention where teeth had been and worst part was I had to throw out every piece. Our mystery was solved sort-of, we never found out what it was that worked so hard thatChristmas Eve night.
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