Shirley Goodnest and Marcy Story

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This is cute, thought I'd share. Have a great weekend!

Timmy was a little five year old boy whose Mom loved him very much.>Being a worrier, she was concerned about his walking to school when he>started Kindergarten. She walked with him the first few days, but he>came home one day telling her he did not want her walking him to school>every day . He wanted to be like "big boys". He protested so loudly that>she had to find another way to handle it. She asked her neighbor >if she would surreptitiously follow her son to school at a distance, but>close enough to keep a watch on him. said that, since she was up>early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them to get>some exercise so she agreed. The next school day, and her little>girl set out behind Timmy as he walked to school with his friend Ronnie.>This went on for a whole week. Timmy's friend noticed that this same>lady was following them every day. Finally Ronnie asked Timmy, "Have>you noticed that lady following us all week? Do you know her?" Timmy>nonchalantly replied, "Yea, I know who she is." Ronnie asked, "Well, who>is she?" "That's just Shirley Goodnest an' her little girl Marcy," Timmy>said. Ronnie inquired further, "Well, why does she follow us every day>like that?" "Well," Timmy explained, "every night Momma makes me say the>23rd Psalm with my prayers cuz she worries about me so much. And in it,>the prayer says, 'Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all thedays>of my life.' So, I guess I'll just have to get used to it.">>