forget to make out a check for five hundred dollars.” She gently pushed them out of the bedroom and began searching. In the closet, sitting in the corner, hidden by a long overcoat, she found it.

  Downstairs, she glanced at the check and put it in her shirt pocket. “I’m fairly sure the animals are gone. Your Granddad has been banished to where ever he came from. If he or any animals ever return, just call me. There will be no charge. To balance and bring harmony to the bed room I had to re-arrange things and remove a few items.” She held out a handful of worthless trinkets taken from the bureau. She dropped them back in her pocket. “I also have to take this.” She held the single-shot, bolt-action twenty-two caliber rifle. They said it absolutely had to go.”

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