Hmmm

Saturday night John went out the back door to do something and came in with the unwelcome news that our bbq was gone - missing in action! Cover and all! All right! Who might the suspects be? The young people across the road that had a party Friday night? Several cars were parked in the church lot...Did some of them come out late that evening and think it looked like easy pickings? But John says no. They had only cars - no trucks - and very nice ones at that. They look like people who work for a living, rather than steal...Then who, say I?...Who else but, asks my trusty husband, the people who live behind us?...A whirling mass of humanity, constantly shifting - various sexes, colors, ages come and go - Most looking like they do NOT work for a living....I am miffed and phone the local police. A young man is there within minutes. I tell him the bbq was certainly not valuable, but - it was ours! And I do not like the thought of thieves prowling about the house when I am alone so much...Is this indeed a dangerous neighbourhood? Does he have ideas as to who the thieves might be? We chat a little longer, and our neighbours - the very ones - come driving up in their beat-up car, pony tails and dreadlocks flying. "I think that might be your answer", says he. Seems he knows them well. She has two older sons who are around alot, live down the street....We concur that the bbq probably took a hike in that direction...But what do we do? No answers as no proof of anything...In any case, he is a personable and intelligent young man and we talk for almost an hour about this and that...The next afternoon, I tell my sad tale to the women in our church Bible study...And the next day, the bbq fairies bring it back, yes, the very one, and place in the right spot, looking like it had never wandered. Am I accusing someone in the church of stealing it? Of course not. But I wouldn't be surprised if one of the (scary) men had a talk with the suspects...Or maybe they saw the big, burly policeman beckoning in their direction ....Or maybe they had sudden and intense qualms of conscience. I don't know. But I am content....