Roslyn had a successful bloom this year with a backyard rose garden that she made. She decorated her rose garden into different shapes, such as a heart, a circle, a star, a butterfly, a rose & a tiger. She mixed multiple types of roses in the same bush. Her guests were fascinated & always wanted to see what new shape she planted.
1 of her coworkers from her office job, Harriet, came with her 5 children. Roslyn said, "Come & see my rose garden. You're gonna love it!"
The kids were more excited than Harriet. Harriet had 4 boys & finally got lucky & had a girl, for once. The boys' names were Heath, Hensley, Houston & Huxley. The girl's name was Hassie. Hassie was a year old & had just started walking.
Roslyn guided them towards the backyard.. Houston interrupted the 2 ladies' conversation & asked, "Momma. can you, can you, can, can, can you tell Mrs. Roslyn to make a firetruck shaped rose bush next year?"
Roslyn giggled & said, "How cute! But we'll see."
Harriet was rubbing Houston's head & whispered, "Pay him no mind, girlie!"
Hensley said, "I heard that.", & then he tried to run off & hide somewhere, but Heath grabbed him.
Hassie was trying to chew & eat some of the roses. Harriet freaked out. Roslyn said, "Peace, be still. The roses are harmless, edible & safe to eat."
Heath chimed in & said, "Yep, just like these edible dandelions & clovers." Then, he started crunching on them.
Harriet said, "Well, I'll be darned! I was TODAY years old when I learned that you can eat roses, dandelions & clovers."
Roslyn replied, "Chickadee, I eat roses in my salad about once a month."
Harriet put her hands on her hips, snapped her fingers with her left arm swiftly swinging across the air & was like, "Oh, so it was YOU who was crazy enough to bring a rosy salad to the potluck at work! You just CAN'T stop living up to your name, huh? Everything revolves around roses & Roslyn!" They both hugged each other & then laughed hard.
The next morning, Harriet jokingly blabbered her mouth, telling everyone that Roslyn was the mystery woman who brought the rose salad to the potluck. Roslyn was embarrassed & blushed. Harriet boasted about Roslyn's exquisite garden.
Many of the coworkers were invited to have an elegant rose dinner the following Friday evening after work. Rose was telling everyone, "Come & see my rose garden!"
1 of the coworkers, Warren, thought it was an amazing coincidence that multiple butterflies & bees were hovering around the butterfly shaped rose bush & not the other shaped bushes.
Another coworker, Coretha, joked, "So that means, if a tiger was in the backyard, would it gravitate only towards the tiger shaped rose bush?" They all laughed.
Irina exclaimed, "Let's eat, because I'm starving to death. Literally! I've been fasting all week." She was the 1st to plow through everyone & rush to the kitchen, asking, "Where's the food, where's the food?"
Everybody started digging in. Roslyn even made some homemade rose wine.
Julio said, "Be on the lookout for Roslyn making a way for people's cars to run on roses, instead of gas, because I surely could use a little help with gas in my truck. Gas prices are too steep right now."
Everyone replied in unison, "Amen! You ain't neva lied!"
Steven said, "Well, I hope it rains roses because there's drought where I live." Shortly after he said that, it started POURING! Pouring rain, of course. Not roses. Everybody rushed to pack up their belongings & go home.
THE END