I’ve told you that Mum, Pop and I love to go to garage sales. Usually we are just looking for books but this one was different.
The Misfit's
We were one of the first ones to arrive at this garage sale and after making a quick look around to see if they had any books, Mum noticed a big box filled with these gnomes. As I was walking around looking at stuff I noticed a few more just standing here and there. All in all there were 9 gnomes. Mum said she had never seen a more motley crew of misfits.
They all looked as if they hadn’t been out in public in years. Their cloths were torn, their hats were faded. Some were holding lights that no longer worked. I told Mum and Pop, “we have to adopt these gnomes and give them a home”. Mum agreed and made a bargain price with the former owner who said she just didn’t want to be bothered with them any more. Can you believe someone would just shut away one of my kind with no thought of how they might feel?
Mum told me not to be sad as she was going to send them all out to have new cloths made, new hats made and the lanterns fixed.
By the way, there is even a girl gnome included. I think she has some real possibilities after a little spit and shine. I’m going to take a picture when they all get cleaned up. I haven’t found out what their names are yet. They haven’t had much to say to me so far except “thank you”. I’ll keep you posted.
You’ll see, they won’t be misfit’s for long. My family just keeps growing and growing. Isn’t it great!
