| Mrs Banta was in bed with her lover when she heard Banta opening the front door.
`Hurry!` she said,`Stand in the corner.` She quickly rubbed baby oil allover him and then she dusted him with talcum powder. `Don`t move until I tell you to.` she whispered.`Just pretend you`re a statue.` `What`s this?` Banta asked as he entered the room. `Oh, it`s just a statue.` she replied nonchalantly too.` No more was said about the `statue`. Later that night they went to sleep. Around two in the morning Banta got out of bed, went into the kitchen, and returned with a sandwich and a glass of milk. `Here.` he said to the `statue`. `Eat this. I stood like an idiot at my friend`s house for three days and nobody offered me so much as a glass of water.` |