It is 105 here today and I got to thinking about all the hot summers in the late 40's and early 50's. Brenda and I roamed the area around our homes with ease never thinking it was hot. The refers then were not self defrost like they are now. All the refers then had those metal ice trays with the pull handle to open and get the cubes out. We were going to fix us a glass of kool aid and had gotten that dad burned cranky tray open. I said Brenda I've got a good idea. Yeaw What? she said. Lets dump this ice out and pour in some kool aid and make us some purple kool aid cubes to chew on. Oh Yeaw that would be so good. We didn't know at the time that our idea was already being used. We thought we thought it up our selves. We poured the koolaid in the tray. Didn't even think about having to carry it over and getting on the stool to be able to set it in the freezer. Auntie was out in the garden working and My Mama had our Brothers so we wouldn't want to disturb them to ask, now would we? Nosireee. We were good girls. I climbed up on the stool and said Brenda carry it over here and hand it up to me. Well Brenda a klutz. I shoulda' known better than to trust her with that job. Here she come spilling purple all over her and the floor. She finally got there with some left in the tray. I said Brenda Why can't you do anything. Look at that mess. Well I sat the tray in the freezer spilling some but not much. Frost was built up in the freezer and it sure looked pretty turning purple. But right now Brenda we better get this mess cleaned up which we did very well if I say so myself. Yep, we knew how to clean up messes. Brenda ran and got on the stool to check our freezer pops. Brenda, Silly, You know they are not frozen yet. CLYDDDEEENNNEEE. Brenda hollered. Look at the mess you made in Mama's freezer. How in the world are weagonna' clean this up? I ran over and got on the stool with her and there was that pretty purple frost. Hey Brenda I've got an idea. Lets lick it off. Hey yeaw that's a good idea she said. GOT THE PICTURE?! Needless to say both of our tongues stuck tight to that freezer bottom. And Boy do I mean tight. We couldn't even scream and it was burning and hurting like heck. Well You know we had great parents who always came to rescue us. My Auntie came in the kitchen door right then carrying a big box of veggies. WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU TWO DOING!!!!! Well shoot fire Auntie we can't talk, we can't even move. It didn't take her long to figure it out and she unplugged the refer and started pouring cold water on the bottom under our tongues. Warm water freezes faster don't ya know. I'm not sure how long it took but I do know we ate cold soup for several days afterward. And I do know that our bottoms were just as sore as our tongues. Next time we will ask. Our Parents were upset more about our poor tongues than they were about what we did. We found that out years later. Why didn't they tell us then for goodness sake. We would nota' had to suffer near as much now would we? Like I said before. We had the greatest Parents God ever made. YEP WE DID!!!!
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