"Hello?"








"Hi honey.





















This is Daddy.





Is Mommy near the phone?"





























"No Daddy.





She's upstairs in the bedroom





with Uncle Paul."





















After a brief pause,













Daddy says,





"But honey,

you haven't got

an Uncle Paul."





















"Oh yes I do,





and he's upstairs in the room

with Mommy,

right now."













Brief Pause.













"Uh, okay then,





this is what I want you to do.





Put the phone





down on the table,





run upstairs

and knock on the bedroom door

and shout to Mommy

that Daddy's car

just pulled into the driveway."





















"Okay Daddy,





just a minute."





























A few minutes later





the little girl comes back to the phone.





























"I did it Daddy."





















"And what happened honey?"













"Well, Mommy got all scared,





jumped out of bed





with no clothes on





and ran around screaming.





























Then she tripped over the rug,





hit her head on the dresser





and now she isn't moving at all!"





























"Oh my God!!!





What about your Uncle Paul?"





























"He jumped out of the bed





with no clothes on, too.





He was all scared





and he jumped out of the back window





and into the swimming pool.





But I guess he didn't know





that you took out the water





last week to clean it.

He hit the bottom of the pool





and I think he's dead."





***Long Pause***













































***Longer Pause***













































***Even Longer Pause***


















Then Daddy says,





"Swimming pool?





















Is this





486-5731?"