Hello ?

          

          

**Rrriiiiinnnnggg, rrriiiinnnngg,**
          
          
          **'Hello?'**
                     
          
          **'Hi honey.**
          **This is Daddy.**
          **Is Mommy near the phone?'**
          
          
          **'No, Daddy.**
          **She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul.'**

          
          **After a brief pause,**
Daddy says,**
     **'But honey, you haven't got an Uncle Paul.'**
          
          **'Oh yes I do, and he's upstairs in the room with Mommy,**
          **Right now.'**
               
          Brief Pause.
          
          **'Uh, okay then, this is what I want you to do.**
          **Put the phone down on the table, run upstairs**
          **And knock on the bedroom door and shout to Mommy**
          **That Daddy's car just pulled into the driveway.'**
          
          **'Okay, Daddy, Just a minute.'**
     
          **A few minutes later**
          **The little girl comes back to the phone.**
          
          **'I did it, Daddy.'**

          **'And what happened, honey?'      
          
          'Well, Mommy got all scared, jumped out of bed with no clothes on and ran around screaming.**          
          
          **Then she tripped over the rug, hit her head on the dresser**
          **And now she isn't moving at all!'**          
          **'Oh my God!!! What about your Uncle Paul?'**
          
          **'He jumped out of the bed with no clothes on, too.**
          
          **He was all scared and he jumped out of the back window**
          **And into the swimming pool.**
          **But I guess he didn't know that you took out the water**
          **Last week to clean it.**
     
          **He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead.'**

          
          *****Long Pause*****
          
          *****Longer Pause*****

          *****Even Longer Pause*****
          
          **Then Daddy says,**
          
     **'Swimming pool? ...........**     
          
          **Is this 486-5731?'*