Once a thriving small town in the middle of Kansas, Mewly had fallen on hard times, and nothing symbolized the town's decline more than the shuttered Middleham Motors.
Old
battered tires were strewn throughout the site.
But one
day an excited Mayor Jane Sibly announced she had found a buyer for Middleham.
"Who
is the buyer?" asked the residents of Mewly.
“You won’t
believe this: it’s the famous Michelin Man! He’s coming tomorrow.”
But everyone
was worried. There was no time to clean up the site.
The next day the Michelin Man
flew into Mewly. As he arrived at Middleham Motors, everyone held their
breaths.
“Mom! Dad!”
he cried, ”You’re
here!”
Today, Mewly is the Tire Capitol of the World.
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That's quite a tender and poignant reunion between the Michelin Man and his folks I closed with here, and for those of you who don't think I can write tender and poignant, you're right. I paid Russell plenty to write that sequence.
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Say, need any tires while you're here in Mewly? We got a great sale going on the Michelin Man's Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Bud.
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Say, need any tires while you're here in Mewly? We got a great sale going on the Michelin Man's Aunt Phoebe and Uncle Bud.
He's finally getting back to his roots. Such a tenderly poignant finale, whoever wrote it. :)
ReplyDeleteI wanted to get you, Sandra, but I just couldn't afford your rates!
DeleteWho knew The Michelin Man had parents! Then again why not - we all came from somewhere, I mean someone, I mean ... Thanks for the smile.
ReplyDeleteI didn't smile at you! Oh, I see ... thanks, Alicia.
DeleteI don't know about anyone else, but I got teary-eyed reading this. I'm sure Michelin boy gave them a lot of trouble as a youth. I can just hear Mama Tire giving Dad an ear full, "I told you to wear an inner tube when we have sex. Just look how he turned out. No wonder the kids at school call him a retread."
ReplyDeleteBTW - Thanks for the call-out, Perry. I need all the publicity (and payments) I can get.
Yeah, and thanks for the $500 price tag to write one paragraph! And didn't we all wear inner tubes when we had sex?
DeleteYou have to tread lightly when doing a family story, Perry, and you didn't wreck it. We're never too tired for a happy ending Good job.
ReplyDeletejanet
I hate it when a conservative is funnier than me!
DeletePerry, What a lovely family reunion. What's this I hear about him selling off his relatives? Funny and well written as usual. : ) --- Susan
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan. Yes, as it turns out, the Michelin Man is a bastard. But at least he made sure his grandmother fetched a decent price ...
DeleteYou know, if you knew Mewly like I knew Mewly
ReplyDeleteoh, oh, what a wonderful town!
I could have told you that Mr. and Mrs. Michelin had retired there a long time ago.
Randy
But then they got divorced and Mrs. Michelin won't leave me alone! Say, think you might be interested? She's got a real bouncy personality!
DeleteIt's a bird. It's a plane. It's . . . the Michelin Man? Hahaha! Good for a laugh as always, Perry. I enjoyed the ride.
ReplyDeleteMG
Thanks, MG, but I dunno: I was nauseous after the ride myself!
DeleteThat was fun. I hope the Michelin family enjoy the countryside.
ReplyDeleteThey love it wherever the rubber meets the road.
DeleteI wonder if Michelin man was tired of all his travels.. good to settle down with his folks
ReplyDeleteI think he was just tired of being tread on.
DeleteHe came quite far for himself, but he finally retraced his tracks. I'm glad it helped out Mewly too.
ReplyDeleteFirst thing Mewly better do is change its named if it wants to get itself anywhere.
DeleteI've always thought you and Russell should team up! ;-) You old softies... ur, I mean midlin softies... um youthful softies!
ReplyDeleteRussell is the old softie! As for me, I'm not sure I like either of those descriptors ---"old" or "softie."
DeleteAwwww...reunited, what a warm and fuzzy tale <3
ReplyDeleteGripping stuff - revolutionary really. I understand your trepidation when traversing new creative roads - when you are driven to quality, there is a lot riding on every word.
ReplyDeleteCheers
KT
Dear Perry - Superb job - you are funny! Great outlook on life! You really are something!
ReplyDeleteNan :)