Alfredo Meets Himself

If you read my post Alfredo the Donkey or are a member of his facebook group, Alfredo the Donkey Fan Club, then you know how this new addition to our family has won our hearts and not only ours, but scores of people around the world.

Well, the cutest thing happened today. Alfredo met himself. On the seminary campus where he spends a lot of the day there is a radio station. I had brought him up with us to the main campus so he could hang with us while we played Ultimate Frisbee with a bunch of friends as part of the going away party we had for two of our girls, Paige and Caitlyn. As he was wandering around the grounds he happened to walk in front of the two plate glass doors of the radio station.

Alfredo literally did a double take when he saw the "other" donkey in the window. He got so excited. He went up to the other donkey and began nosing it, smearing donkey nose prints all over the window in the process. Every time he went to move away, the other donkey would move too. He was mesmerized.  It was adorable, but also a little sad. I think he really needs to be with one of his own.

Curiosity and excitement

 

Alfredo and his new friend

 

Alfredo with Carol Russell and myself in the background



Ultimate Frisbee

Watching him move back and forth with his reflection reminded me of a story my brother once told me. A story that had both of us rolling on the ground with laughter. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I share it with you.

There used to be an all-you-can eat buffet in Bangor, Maine called Miller's Restaurant. It had been there for years and I guess it has recently been torn down to make way for a new McDonald's. Anyway, it was one of those dimly lit, old, hard to see in places with a buffet bar that stretched a good long ways into the back. When you looked down the bar it looked like it was at least a 100' long, piled high with all kinds of food. Made you wonder if you could even do it justice.Well, my brother starts working down the bar, a plate in each hand, taking a little of this, a lot of that and he sees this fellow wearing a shirt and a hat very similar to the ones he's wearing working his way towards him from the other end of the bar. When the two of them finally meet, Jon steps aside and politely nods at the other man indicating that he should move in front. The other man was just as polite, nodded and also stepped aside to let Jon pass. Jon nods and thanks him and steps back to the bar to move on down the line. The other man steps back too, right in front of Jon. He and Jon do one of those little dance steps back and forth all the time smiling and nodding politely at one another...until Jon finally realizes that he is looking at his own reflection in a mirror designed to make the buffet look enormous. Now that's funny!