MIKE-THE KID MAGNET!!

THE OTHER DAY I HAD GONE OUT FOR A SHORT WHILE, AND WHEN I RETURNED, I SAW ONE OF THE CUTEST THINGS EVER!! MY HUSBAND MIKE WAS TRYING TO TEACH A SIX YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR GIRL, HOW TO PLAY RUMMIKUB!!  THEY EACH HAD THEIR LITTLE STANDS FILLED WITH NUMBERED CHIPS, AND WHEN MIKE SAW ME HE SAID "CAN YOU TEACH HER HOW TO PLAY". THEN HE LOOKS AT THE LITTLE GIRL (WHO BTW, LOST HER FATHER TO LEUKEMIA LAST MONTH) AND SAYS TO HER "SHE KNOWS ALL THE RULES".   SO NATURALLY I JOINED IN AND HELPED THE CHILD WIN THE GAME. THEN SHE WANTED SOME MILK AND COOKIES-APPARENTLY MR. MIKE (AS SHE AFFECTIONATELY CALLS HIM) HAD PROMISED HER SOME AFTER THE GAME. WELL, ABOUT THEN HER MOM CAME OVER AND WAS THRILLED TO FIND HER DAUGHTER HAPPY AND IN SUCH GOOD HANDS.. SHE THANKED US, AND WHEN SHE LEFT, I ASKED MIKE "HOW DID ALL THAT HAPPEN"?? HE SAID "I DON'T KNOW, SHE JUST FOLLOWED ME INSIDE"  HE EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS SWEEPING LEAVES FROM OUR DRIVE WAY WHEN THE LITTLE GIRL RODE HER BIKE OVER AND STARTED HELPING HIM. "SHE WANTED TO, I DIDN'T ASK HER" HE SAID. THEN I FOUND OUT HE GAVE HER A DOLLAR FOR HER HELP, SO THE NEXT DAY-GUESS WHAT HAPPENED??  HE COMES IN FROM OUTSIDE AND SAYS "THE LITTLE GIRL WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE CAN COME IN AND PLAY WITH ME AGAIN-IS IT OK"?? I SAID SURE HONEY GO AHEAD TELL HER TO COME IN. THEN HE SAID " THERE ARE TWO THIS TIME". YES, TWO LITTLE GIRLS ONE SIX AND ONE FOUR, HAVE BECOME FAST FRIENDS WITH MR. MIKE. IT IS SO CUTE TO WATCH HIM PLAY GAMES WITH THEM.  AND SO IT WOULD APPEAR THAT AT THE AGE OF 77,  MR. MIKE, HAS BECOME THE PIED PIPER OF RUMMIKUB!!!  I'M SO GLAD THEY FOUND EACH OTHER!!!  HAVE A HAPPY DAY-JUST ME