The day started out as most do, but this mother of twins had no idea that she would shortly be facing danger. She awoke early and prepared breakfast for the twins. It was not raining, which was a nice change. After feeding the twins she attempted to clean the house. When you have twins, keeping the house clean is an almost impossible task.
This all occurred in a quiet neighborhood, not known for violent acts. It seems the unemployed mother was home alone with her two babies, when the suspicious person was first seen. In retrospect, she should have known something was not right when she first saw the meanderings of this perp.
She was later quoted as saying, “I had to do something to protect my babies! I decided to attempt to get his attention, and keep him away from the kids! I had no weapon and no way to call for help! Yes, I put my own safety on the line to keep him away from the babies!”
She also later explained, “he was just kinda hanging around, not seemingly bothering anything, yet not going anywhere either”.
Comment; if there is someone in your neighborhood that is not normally there, someone you haven’t seen before, if you just have a feeling that something is not quite right, call the police and ask them to check out this suspicious person. It is better to be safe than sorry.
The mother had stopped looking outside the house when her babies became upset. What was wrong now, had one of them messed themselves or were they hungry again. These two never seem to get enough to eat.
Some attention to the babies and they were finally quite again.
She remembered the suspicious meanderings outside the house and went to the door to see if he had gone. As she quietly peaked out the front door, he was nowhere to be seen. She was starting to feel a little more relaxed, when out of the corner of her eye, she saw movement.
He was just a few feet away from her door and attempting to hide in some shrubs. “This can’t be good” she thought, “What should I do”. If he gets inside the house he could harm the babies. She didn’t have anything of value, at least nothing that someone would want to steal.
She quickly devised a plan, it was in reality the only thing she could do. She jumped out the front door of the house surprising the intruder. He did not respond to her movements until she stopped at the end of the sidewalk.
He was no longer looking at the house, he was now staring at her inviting body. She knew want would happen if he caught her. Surely, someone in the neighborhood would see what was going on and help. As they faced each other, neither one moving a mussel, she decided, if he made a move for her, she would attempt to evade him.
She had to get him to chase her, in an attempt to move him further away from the house, hoping to keep the babies safe.
She took a couple steps toward the end of the side walk when he made his move. Like a flash he was running at her. Instinctively she flew up to a branch on the tree where Charlie could not reach her. She wanted to keep his attention as there was still the possibility that he might attempt to get the two babies from the bird house.
The following photos are dramatic and revealing, exercise caution when viewing.
Mother Sparrow is near the end of the side walk and Charlie is watching.
Ms. Sparrow’s home, is located on the front porch at, “The Ford Homestead”.
F Y I, Charlie had cat food for supper, not baked Sparrow.
Later we observed Charlie, “up a tree without a ladder”. Did you get the play on words, up a tree without a ladder, kinda like up a creek without a paddle?
Speaking of up a creek without a paddle, I can’t understand why that is a problem.
Think about it! Why is that a problem?
If someone is up a creek without a paddle, and if they have a boat, the current should carry them down stream.
If they are up a creek without a paddle and don’t have a boat then all is well.
All the creeks I was around as a, “children”, were not deep or large enough to float a boat so we never needed a paddle.
Different subject:
We had over 2.5 inches of rain Saturday thru Saturday night. My back yard looked like a Lake.
We received an additional 2 inches of rain, in about 1.5 hours, on Memorial Day afternoon.
All is wet in The Hewitt Triangle.
Don Ford
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