• Feb. 17, 2009
Don't Be a Snoop!
Don’t Be a Snoop!
By Jill
Back in the year of 1960, my Grandfather, whom I call Opa, stumbled into some pretty unfortunate trouble. It was a crisp Fall morning, and his Dad, Helmut, had gone to work and left Opa to rake and burn the leaves in their front yard. Little did he know that this would be a source of his problem later that night. Later that evening, his friend Harvey Daniel called.
“Hey Al” Harvey greeted. “Do you want to go for a ride around town? John will be coming with us, and I’ll pick you up in my car.”
“Sure,” he replied. “I’ll be ready when you get here.”
As they were cruising around in Harv’s 1957 Chevy, the friends noticed a pavement driveway with many trees around it. The friends, who where curious, decided to check out where it would lead. As they drove up the drive, they spotted an old carriage house and decided to park and look around. Because there was a turntable inside of it the garage, it indicated that the owners were once probably wealthy. Together they stepped out and caught sight of a huge abandoned mansion nearby. On the second floor of the large mansion, they noticed together a small flickering glow, as one in a fireplace. They realized that maybe the mansion was not notably abandoned, and that some one would catch them snooping!
Just as they hopped into Harv’s Chevy, a police car drove up the driveway. The policeman got out of his car and ordered them out as well.
“What are you doing here?” He asked sternly.
“Just checking the place out” The friends replied innocently. The policeman wasn’t satisfied, and again asked them what they were doing there. Again they answered that they were just looking around. Finally, he asked a third time,
“What are you doing here? Don’t you know this is deserted property?”
Suddenly, it dawned on them at the same time! And Opa defended;
“Wait, if the property is deserted, then why is there a fire up in that window?”
Immediately, the police got on his radio and called the fire station, and told suspects to keep their hands up as he searched their clothes. Immediately he discovered matches in Opa’s pocket that he used that morning for burning leaves. He also smelled like smoke, which caused further suspicion. Fire trucks approached with sirens blaring and lights flashing, along with several other police cars. Because of the commotion, neighbors came out of their homes and crowded around the excitement. Opa and his friends, who were startled at the turns of events, weren’t worried or scared. Out of the crowd stepped another friend of the three, equipped and thinking that he was a wise guy said, “Setting houses on fire again, are you?” As Opa was suspected of setting the fire, the three were driven to the Grosse Point Police Headquarters.
They were all questioned in different cubicles to discern if their story was true. Because the boys were found innocent, the police drove them back to their car they had left at the mansion. Eventually, they learned that some old compressed paint rags in a closet, which caused combustion, started the fire. Back then; police did not contact parents to tell them what trouble their misbehaving kids were in. Opa, who didn’t want to lose his cruising rights, didn’t tell them right away either. Opa did learn though, that snooping around could often lead to undesirable circumstances.
December 2008
Comments
• May. 2, 2009
Nice
Posted by IanJohn
That would stink, and I don't mean the smell.
I definitly would not want that to happen to me.
What type of music do you like?
