Chico and His Men

It seems the Mexicans like to target practice with their pistols behind their house. I’ll always remember the time they happened to use an aerosol can for one of their targets. When the bullet hit the can, the ____ hit the fan! It exploded with a terrible bang and caught the grass on fire. You could see smoke billowing over the house tops.

My dog, Cleo, and I were out for a walk when the chaos happened. Neighbors and pets were running everywhere. Even poor Cleo was "movin it" in spite of her arthritic joints. KC came running up the street wearing a wife beater tank top with no bra on and barefoot. You would have had to have seen it to have believed it. She was screaming as she ran, and almost collided with Joe Cool amidst the blaring of the fire truck.

And then there was the other fire incident. The stench and smoke was so bad I called Helga to see if she knew what the hey was going on. Through process of elimination, we figured out the Mexicans were at it again. This time they were burning leaves in their side yard, on a day when the wind was blowing so fierce, there was a burn ban in effect. The fire started spreading and Thelma's house was in it’s path. Her crew sprang into action, running outside to move their bicycles from the impending doom. God forbid, they could not lose their only mode of transportation. The situation was so dangerous the Fire Department had to make a second call to the house on the corner.