The Girl Scout cookie conspiracy (standard:Inspirational stories, 904 words)
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I am not a great believer in conspiracies. I do not believe Bigfoot really exists except in the strained imaginations of some people. Some want to believe in Bigfoot, and some need to believe in Bigfoot. I'm not one of them.

I am not a great believer in conspiracies. 

I do not believe Bigfoot really exists except in the strained
imaginations of some people. Some want to believe in Bigfoot, and some 
need to believe in Bigfoot. I'm not one of them. 

I do not believe in the Loch Ness monster. I am sure some Scotsman,
after a few nips at the jug, saw something. One thing about the Loch 
Ness monster is it has been good for tourist trade in Scotland. Who but 
a Scotsman could figure out a way to make money out of some illusionary 
figment of someone's imagination? 

I do not believe in UFOs. The only UFO I have ever seen was right after
the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I were married. Often when 
coming home from work I was treated to a UFO (Unidentified Fried 
Object). I am not complaining because whatever they were, they were 
delicious. I really do not have to know what I am eating to enjoy what 
I am eating. 

But when it comes all these conspiracies, I cast a jaundiced eye toward
them. 

None of these so-called conspiracies has ever registered in my book.
This past week, however, I have discovered that there is a real 
conspiracy afoot. 

It was a Saturday afternoon and I had just finished some work at my
office and was headed home. My wife asked me to pick up a few things at 
the grocery store on my way home, and I proceeded to do so. I had no 
idea what I was headed for or what was in store for me. 

I parked and then headed for the entrance to the grocery store. Halfway
across the parking lot I spied them. At first, it sent a chill up my 
spine because there was no way to get into the grocery store without 
passing them. I glanced to my right and then looked to my left but 
there was no other entrance into the grocery store. 

I approached the store entrance slowly and the closer I got to it the
bigger they became. There were six of them and they had spied me right 
off. It was enough to cause me to lose my nerve. 

I had never seen such a sight before. There before me were six of the
biggest, brown eyes I had ever seen. The closer I got, the bigger they 
became. And the bigger they got, the smaller my nerve got. 

But I was determined. Nothing was going to flag my gait into the grocery
store. Then I heard them. It was bad enough to see them but now I was 
close enough to hear them. 

"Hey Mr., want some Girl Scout cookies?" 

Those words cut deep into my soul as nothing I had ever experienced
before. I thought if I just could ignore them, they would disappear. 

"What's the matter Mr., don't you like Girl Scout cookies?" 

Don't I like Girl Scout cookies? I'll say. I love them. 

These six large brown eyes came in pairs and adorned three very adorable
young girls dressed up as Girl Scouts. If only they would have been 
boys, I could have handled it better. If they were boys I could have 
said, "Not today, boys. I'm in a hurry." 

But, they were Girl Scouts. Cute, little Girl Scouts with big brown
eyes. 

"Mr., it's only $3.50 a box. How many boxes do you want?" 

How many do I want? That is not the question. The question is, how many
boxes do you have? Better yet, how many can I hide from my wife when I 
get home? 

I stood at their table and pretended to look at the variety of cookies
they had for sale. But as everybody knows, one Girl Scout cookie is as 
good as any Girl Scout cookie. Besides, it does go for a good cause. 


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