And on the 14th day…

On the magical day when the baby was to be born the nice people waited anxiously for news.  When would he come out?  Would it be 2008 or 2009? Would he have hair? Eyebrows? Chubby cheeks? And how CUTE and TINY would his toes and fingers be?

The people waited and waited and WAITED.

And the NEXT day…

they waited

until the day after THAT when…

they kept on a-waiting 

then the very next day 

they waited SOME MORE

and then waited 

and

waited

and

waited

and

waited

BUT THEN!

the road between the girl’s house and her mother’s house flooded ! and the girl’s mother screamed BLOODY MURDER! WHAT WILL I DO IF THAT BABY IS BORN? until her husband called in an old favor with the National Guard

and they cleared the road that very minute

and still the people waited

the little baby was snug in his momma’s belly

and he didn’t want to come out.

Until the THIRTEENTH day after his due date, when it was the birthday of his VERY NICE AUNTIE.  ”Maybe he will come out for my birthday!” she said with hopeful anticipation.  She even wished it when she blew out her candles.

And then she waited

(sort of impatiently, truth be told)

but NO SIGN OF BABY!

Till the 14th day when…

THE PEOPLE KEPT ON WAITING!

And the girl and her family and the girl’s mom and the baby’s aunt and even the cute and fuzzy dog pulled their hair out and danced in anxious circles and chanted age-old birthing incantations.  

EAT SPICY FOOD! WALK AROUND THE CITY! HERE DRINK THIS CASTER OIL! they shouted at the very pregnant girl.  And she did all the things they told her.  Because even though the girl was VERY patient all along, she stopped being patient on the fourteenth day.

But the little baby said smugly to himself, “I’ll show those people who’s the boss,” and he hunkered in to make them wait some more. 

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