Episode 36:
David at Dawn
Dave is on the phone in the kitchen.
"OK, it's a bet he says."
"Pop, it's your turn now.", Danny tells him.
"I gotta hang up now.", Dave says. "I'm in the middle of a game of Candy Land with Danny and it's my turn. So, I'll talk to you later."
That being said, he hangs up the phone.
"Who was that?", June asks him, as she comes into the room.
"That was Rick.", he tells her. "He wanted to make a bet with me. We have to stay up until 5:00 in the morning, without going to sleep. Whoever loses has to go jogging down the block at dawn for an hour on Sunday."
"What do you get if you win?", Danny asks.
"Nothing.", David tells him.
"Nothing? Not even a dish of ice cream at the malt shop?", he asks confused.
"Nothing, except sleep that is, and at that hour, sleep is better than any kind of ice cream."
With that, Dave proceeds to take his turn in the game.
"Harriet?", Ozzie says, as he comes into the house. "I was just over at Joe and Clara's house and Clara loved the Thank You card you sent her for coming to your tea party at the Women's Club the other day."
"That's good, I'm glad she enjoyed it.", Harriet replies with a smile.
"Yeah, she enjoyed the inside of it very much.", Ozzie tells her, as he hands it to her.
The card was a purple card, with pictures of white tea cups on it, with a picture of a white tea pot, with tea pouring out of it's spout. At the top of the card, it had the word Thank You in bold gold letters.
"What do you mean?", she asks confused, as she takes it from him.
She then opens up the card, only to find nothing written inside.
"Oh my goodness.", Harriet says, in a shock. "I can't believe I mailed this without writing something inside. I'll fix that.", she says.
With that, she sits at the kitchen table, with the card and a black ink pen, to begin writing the note.
"I want'a 'say' up with you, Pop.", Tracy says, in her crib.
"You can't stay up with me.", Rick tells her.
"Why?", she inquires.
"Because, little girls need their sleep.", he explains.
"But I a big girl.", Tracy says, in a whiny voice.
"I know you're a big girl, but you're not a big enough girl to stay up that late yet. OK."
"When I get bigger, can I 'say' up 'den'?", Tracy asks him.
"Let's get potty trained first.", he tells her.
Tracy stands up in her crib.
"Hug.", she says, as she holds out her arms.
"You want'a hug?", Rick asks her, as he lifts her up out of her crib.
Once giving her a hug, he asks her, "Can I have a kiss too?"
Tracy shakes her head no.
"No kiss.", he says sadly for pretend. "Can I say, I love you?"
"No, I say it. I 'wuv' 'ooh', Pop."
"I love you too.", he says gently.
With that, he puts her back in her crib, turns off the light, and leaves the room.
Dave and June had just finished watching the late night movie on TV, when Dave falls asleep. Just then, the phone rings and June answers it.
"Hello.", she says. "Hi, Rick. No I'm sorry, he's sleeping.", she tells him. "Just what I said, he's sleeping. OK, I'll tell him. Oh Rick, he just woke up. You can tell him yourself."
She then gives Dave the phone.
"Hello.", Dave says sleepily on the phone. "Yes I know, I lost the bet. Thanks, I'll try to enjoy my hour of jogging at dawn on Sunday. I hear the smirk in your voice. If you called just to mock me, you can just hang up now and go to bed.", Dave says exasperatingly. "What was I thinking?", He asks rhetorically. "You can't go to bed, you're sticking with the bet. OK, then go play a song on your guitar.", he suggests, off the top of his head. "Tracy's sleeping and you don't want to wake her up. Of course you don't.", he says, with a roll of his eyes. "I forgot about that. Then find something to do. Good-bye Rick.", he says with emphasis in his voice.
That being said, Dave hangs up the phone.
At dawn on Sunday, David is jogging down the block. He's listening to his walkman and dressed in a dark blue jogging suit, with black stripes going down the sides of the sleeves and the legs. He did his hour of jogging and then happily came home and went back to bed.
The phone rings and Kris answers it.
"Hello? Hi Dave.", she says on the phone. "No, he's over at Wally's house. Wally wanted to invite him over to test out a new juice he invented."
"OK thanks, I'll call Wally's house then.", Dave says, on the other line.
With that, he hangs up the phone.
The phone rings at Wally's house and Wally answers it.
"Hi, Dave.", Wally says enthusiastically on the phone. "Hold your horses, Rick, I'm talking to your brother. Rick just asked for another cup of the juice I made.", Wally tells him. "I blended up peaches, pairs, and plums and he loves it. You're welcome to come over and try some, if you like."
"No thanks. Not right now.", Dave tells him, on the other line. "Put Rick on the phone. Would ya?"
That being said, Wally gives the phone to Rick.
Dave wanted he and Rick to do the bet the next weekend as well.
"I think I'll go to bed now.", June says.
"OK, I think I'll join you.", Dave says.
"What about your bet with Rick?", she asks confused.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that.", he lies.
"What's going on?", June asks, as she eyes him suspiciously.
"OK.", he confesses. "I had so much fun jogging at dawn last weekend. So, I wanted to lose the bet on purpose.", Dave explains.
He then proceeds to call Rick.
"I'm going to bed now.", Dave tells Rick, on the phone. "Yes I know that means I'll lose the bet. I'll talk to you later.", he says. Then quickly hangs up the phone.
At dawn on Sunday, David is jogging down the block again. This time, listening to his walkman and dressed in a red jogging suit. When his jogging concludes, he happily came home and went back to bed.