In the night ........

 

 

 

 

The Thunder roared

The Lightning flashed

and all the world was shaken.

The little pig curled up his tail
 

and ran to save his bacon!

 

Did anyone ever write this verse in your autograph book?

 

Did you ever have an autograph book, or were autograph books

a phenomenon special to the first half of the last century,

and did their popularity fade away with modern times

and the coming of television and other ways of entertainment

that require no creativity.

 

I have my Aunt Hildred's autograph book(s), circa 1920

and in one of them my mother wrote

 

"Friendship is a golden tie

that binds our hearts together

and if you never break that tie

We will be friends forever".

 

 

but I digress......

 

This post is really about the thunder and the lightning that wakened me last night

with such a shattering, earthshaking, earsplitting clap

that I felt as if I were about to be lifted from my bed

and transported through the window and up into the heavens

where all the noise and commotion and fireworks were taking place. 

 

Advanced warning had cautioned me to turn off the computers,

but I should have left the bedroom door open for Callie

to find refuge under the duvet at my feet....

 

I rose to go and look for her, but she was not visible.
Under the couch ?   Behind the piano?
I called, but no response.
However, as I turned to go back into the bedroom
a very frightened cat hurried past me,
hurtled through the air, diving under the duvet,
and we both spent the rest of the night with our eyes tightly closed
awaiting the next thunderous roar.

Eventually the storm passed,  the skies lightened with the dawn
and the thunder was only a long, low grumble,
and we both slept......

As to any pigs that were out and about, I presume
they found refuge somewhere where their bacon was safe.