Lawrenceville, GA Library, May 18

Grumpy Joe and Sloppy Joes

By the Kids at the Lawrenceville Library

One recent Saturday morning, Grumpy Joe, the farmer, went to the store to buy his favorite food, Sloppy Joes. Joe was a small, grumpy old man who lived, as you might expect, on a farm. When he got home, he prepared the big plate of Sloppy Joes and left the room for only a moment. When he returned, the whole plate of food was GONE!

It seems that while Joe was out of the room, a greedy, fast running, black dog snuck into the farm house, jumped up on a chair and took the Sloppy Joes, plate and all! What a sneaky thief! He got his lunch to go!

Joe had no idea what had happened, but he was sad. And ANGRY! And extra GRUMPY! And HUNGRY too!

Fortunately for Joe, cute little 4 year old Maya dropped by to visit about that time and asked Joe why he was extra grumpy. When he told her that his lunch was missing, she remembered seeing a dog running down the road with a plate in his mouth.

By the time Joe and Maya found the dog, the Sloppy Joes were gone. This story does not have a happy ending for Joe. The dog, however, was quite happy with the way the story turned out.

As soon as Joe got home, he installed special dog proof spikes on his door to prevent this tragedy from ever happening again.

The end.

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