Mystery Of The Missing Jar

There is a mystery at Calico Meadows

Has everyone scratching their head

What happened to my "grease-dripping jar"?

Where did tit go?  The news quickly spread!


It was the day for my KitchenAid

To wash all the dishes nice and clean

I placed the grill and briquettes, too

And adding the fan grease screen.


The "grease-dripping jar" was taken outside

To be emptied and turned upside down

So all the grease could drain out clean

So I placed it on the sloping ground.


I used 409 to clean Jen-Air's drip pan

Then wiped it clean and shiny bright

Ready to replace the "grease-dripping jar"

Getting it ready to grill tonight.

Bessie MelVina Carathers

September 16, 2008

I scampered outside to fetch the jar

To the spot where I left it to drain

To my astonishment - - it was gone!

All over the yard I searched in vain.


Who could have taken my "grease-dripping jar"?

Maybe a dog pushed his nose to far

Into the jar for one last lick

He ran away with his nose stuck in my jar.


Or perhaps a gopher could smell the aroma

Of this "grease-dripping jar" of mine

Did the gopher come out of his tunnel?

And carried my jar into his burrow to dine?


So my mystery still goes unsolved

To this very day, I do not know

Just what happened to my "grease-dripping jar"?

Could the mystery be solved by "Miss Calico"?