Poison

.Based on a true story.

Does Jesus care about that little child way out in the boondocks somewhere that hardly anyone knows? What about the little ones dwelling in one of the thousands of high rise apartments throughout the country? Does He care about them? Or are they just another nameless face in the throng? Does He care about you?

               Lora was just little when this happened, but boy, she will never forget it. Mom and Dad were going to be super busy today because there was a pig that needed to be made into sausage and other good stuff. It wouldn't do to have the children underfoot, now would it? Of course not, they would be in the way and something could happen, right?
               So Lora was given the responsibility of keeping an eye on the little ones. Only problem was Lora was only six, and anyone knows that a six year old doesn't know very much about that great big word ‘responsibility’ and she got busy playing with her sister and the dolls. Well, Jonny was only eighteen months old and he wasn't so keen on doing what the girls were doing. He wanted to do something much more adventurous. So he got to exploring.

               I give Lora a lot of credit for noticing, and calling over to Jonny  but by the time she got up to investigate, trouble, very, very serious trouble had happened Jonny had taken poison!  His shriek is etched forever in her memory.

               “ Mom! Dad!” Lora screamed, “Jonny has gotten into the lye! Mom! Dad! Come quick! Jonny has gotten into the lye!”