Wheeeeee!!! The bookfair was a success!! The book reception<,...I suppose,...was a success,..too! I enjoyed the bookfair!! I got a bellyache from the book reception!!
The book reception took place Nov. 1,..it was a reception,..given in an exclusive part of Wooster by some folks,..who consider themselves quite literary. I guess that that is all right.
These literary folks have the money to give parties to invite other literary minded folks to and make literary talk!! I was so bored in the first half hour from hearing the words.......I,..I,...I,....and me so much,..that i TOOK MY HEARING AIDE OUT AND NEVER PUT IT BACK IN FOR THE REST OF THE PARTY.!!!
To make sure that I would not have to say much,..I filled my plate full of food and kept my mouth stuffed full so that I sounded like I was saying,"Hmmmmmph--dickle--crunch---hummmph" in response to all of the things that I was supposed to be hearing. People would drift over,..talk to me,..I would listen to them,..and answer them,"Hummph! Chew-chew-mutter" to all of their comments and questions.
One sort of chubby bald guy,..a lot of other people had been following around, came over to talk to me and BuzyBee as we were representing the folks from Densmorereid Publishing. This gentleman chatted me up something fierce. I had a half idea about what he ws talking about and he kept going and getting me the "fish egg jelly," that Questing Truth and Dancing Wind have since told me is the stuff called caviar. I kept eating it as I did not want to hurt his feelings and he kept putting the stuff away like my cat, Baxter, puts away kitty treats!! Then, he started to bring me the "boiled pine cone delight," known to other folks as articokes. I was turning green from them,..but I was too embaressed tostop eating them as I did not want him to know that I hadn't really heard a word, that he had said!! BuzzyBee came to my rescue and finally seprate the two of us,..me from my "knight of fish eggs and boiled pine cones!!" When we went home,..Buzzy tod me that I had been befriended by a Mister Neil Zurcher of TV fame for his one tank trips! He had been fascinated by my ability to "listen" to him and never mention my own book during the whole conversation!! "That Hensel woman has intense powers of concentration,." Mr. Zurcher told the Buzzing Bee,..and all I had to do was keep her plate fill!ed! I never met anyone,..who enjoyed caviar and articokes so much!! And I just loved talking to her!! She really listened to me!!" Buzy scolded me about takingout my hearing aides at social functions and I blurged everything up out of my agitated stomach on the way home from Wooster!! Mr. Zurcher caught up with me the next day at the bookfair,.....bought one of our copies of WALKING FREE,..and left me a gift...a in of some sort of fancy fish egg jelly,..called something like "beluga caviar," and a basket of about two or three dozen fresh arty-cokes,..and several jars of arty-choke hearts!!! He told me that he intended to continue our conversation of the night before and wanted to come visit me next time he comes to town!! I wonder what the hell I didn't hear him say!! Buzzy says that I got myself into this and I have to get myself out!!!
OH MY!! WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL THE SIXTY-FIVE YEAR OLD?
I gave the basket of arty-chokes and tin of caviar to the Buzy Bee. She likes them!! Maybe she'll tell the TV guy that I don't want to see hm next time he comes to town!!!