THE SECRET LIFE OF JONJUAN

JONJUAN ALWAYS CARRIED HIS TOOTHBRUSH IN HIS FRONT SHIRT POCKET! AND HIS HAIRBRUSH IN HIS BACK PANTS POCKET! HE ALWAYS RODE HIS LITTLE DONKEY TO TOWN! WHENEVER THE RIVER WAS DOWN! ALWAYS TRAVELING AT A VERY FAST TROT! CROSSING BELOW THE DAM! AT THE SECRET SPOT! BEFORE THE SUN GOT TOO HOT! THEY TRAVELED THE BACK ALLEYS ALONG THE BACK PATHS BETWEEN THE TALL BUILDINGS! MOSTLY TRAVELING INTHE SHADE! STRUMMING ON HIS GUITAR! AND SINGNG THIS SONG! 

“HERE I AM!
SINGING TO THE STARS UP ABOVE!
COME HEAR ME NOW!
I SING LIKE A DOVE!
WHICH WAY SHALL I GO?
SHALL I GO HIGH? SHALL I GO LOW?
TO HELP MYSELF! TO HELP MY SOUL…
TO FIND MY TRUE LOVE!”

    HE ATE HIS BREAKFAST OUTBACK BY THE WATERWELL… WHERE HE ALWAYS WASHED HIS FACE! WHERE HE ALWAYS WASHED HIS TAIL! AFTER HE PUT ON HIS RED BOOTS! AND AFTER HE PUT ON HIS CLEAN SOCKS! HE BRUSHED HIS SHINY TEETH! AND COMBED HIS GOLDIE LOCKS! 

    HE RAKED THE LEAVES! HE CLEANED OUT THE BARN! HE SWEPT THE BUNKHOUSE! HE PULLED THE CORN!  EITHER HE WAS PEEKING AROUND THE CORNER? OR LOOKING THRU THE MAILSLOT…  ALWAYS WAITING FOR HIS WAGES! MORE OFTEN THAN NOT!

    EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY! ON PAYDAY! READY TO DANCE! AND READY TO DINE! ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE DONKEY AROUND SUPPER TIME! SHE WAS DOWN AT THE GOAT SHED! OUTBACK BY THE BARN! WHERE SHE MUNCHED OUT APLENTY ON DRY CORNSTALKS AND YELLOW CORN!

    NOW EVERYDAY HERE AT THE RANCH WAS MUCH THE SAME AS THE DAY BEFORE… NOT KNOWING WHAT? OR WHO EVER! WOULD COME BY…  KNOCKING ON THE DOOR! SOME LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE! WAS IT A LITTLE MORE FUN? OR A LITTLE MORE FOOD? OR WAS IT FOR A LITTLE MORE FRIENDSHIP?  OR WAS IT FOR LOVE?

    NOW EVERYBODY HERE AT THE RANCH KNEW THE SECRET ABOUT JONJUAN! THEY KNEW  AROUND FOUR OCLOCK IN TOWN… HE STARTED DRINKING TEQUILLA! AND ABOUT SIX OCLOCK, HE WOULD EAT A FEW TACOS, AND DRINK SOME MORE TEQUILLA! AND THEN JUST ABOUT SUNDOWN… AT DARKTHIRTY… EVERYONE WAS NOTICING JONJUANS FACE WAS STARTING TO GLOW! AND HIS EYES WERE STARTING TO SHINE! BLINKING! LIKE A BLINKING LIGHT! AND HIS EARS GREW BIGGER AND TALLER!  AT THE EDGES OF HIS MOUTH…TWO WHITE WHISKERS GREW LONGER! HANGING FROM THE SIDES OF HIS CHIN!  AND BY NIGHTFALL… HE LOOKED LIKE A WILDTEXAS TOMCAT! WITH SHARP POINTED EARS! AND TO HIDE HIS POINTED EARS! HE TURNED HIS SHIRT COLLAR UP! AND PULLED HIS SOMBERO DOWN! LOW!SO NOBODY WOULD KNOW!

     NOW EVERYBODY HERE AT THE RANCH KNEW THAT STRAW SOMBERO WAS THE LAMPSHADE FROM THE LAMP THAT LIT UP HIS SECRET BEDROOM OUTBACK NEXT TO THE BARN! NOW HOW COULD THIS BE? DID EVERYBODY KNOW? DID EVERYBODY SEE?

    HE WAS A BIG STAR IN TOWN! SINGING AND DANCING IN HIS RED BOOTS! AND STRUMMING ON HIS ELECTRIC GUITAR!  HAVING LOT’S OF FUN! ON THOSE FULL MOONS! ACTING A LITTLE NUTTY! SCREAMING AND HOWLING! MAKING LOTS OF FUNNY MONEY! HE WAS ROLLIN’ IN THE DOUGH! EVERYWHERE HE WOULD GO!

     “HEY MISTER, CAN YOU KEEP THIS A SECRET? KEEP IT QUIET! IF YOU CAN!” HIS FUNNY MONEY ALWAYS FELL OUT OF HIS SOMBERO… EVERYWHERE HE RAN! THE BARTENDERS WOULD CATCH HIM IF THEY COULD! TO BANKROLL HIS MONEY! LIKE THEY SHOULD! PEOPLE  EVERYWHERE! WERE ALL LIQUORED UP! CHASING HIM AROUND! EVERY SATURDAY NITE IN TOWN!

     AT MIDNIGHT! THE HOLY CHURCH BELLS WOULD RING! HURTING POOR OLE JONJUAN’S EARS! SO HE COULDN’T SING! ANDIT WAS FUNNY! WATCHING JONJUAN DROP HIS MONEY! AND RUNNING FOR THE NEAREST DOOR! BEFORE HIS EARS GOT SORE! UNPLUGGING HIS GUITAR AS HE RAN! THROWING HIS FUNNY MONEY TO HIS FANS! EVERYONE CHASED AFTER HIM! SOME OF THEM HAD THEIR BROOMS! FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF MONEY! BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON! HIS LITTLE DONKEY ALWAYS GOT AWAY VERY FAST! ALWAYS AT THE VERY END! 

    YOU CAN HEAR THEM COMING! YOU CAN HEAR THE CHURCH BELLS! BOTH OF THEM SINGING! BOTH OF THEM  DRAGGINGTHEIR TAILS!

    “VAYA YA CON DIOS’ MI AMIGAS! VAYA CON DIOS MI AMOR!

THEY ALWAYS FOUND THEIR WAY BACK HOME TO THE RANCH! AND NOT MUCH WAS SAID! JONJUAN WAS ALWAYS SMILING IN HIS SLEEP! WITH HIS TAIL HOLDING ON TIGHTLY! TO HIS BED!

     WAKE UP! THE ROOSTER IS CROWING! THE TRUCK HORN IS HONKING! EVERYBODY COULD SEE JON JUAN’S GOOD LUCK! HE ALWAYS MADE IT HOME! JUST IN TIME! ON SUNDAY MORNINGS! TO SEE HIS DEAR GRANNY! AND THE HOLY FATHER! DRIVING UP IN HER PICKUPTRUCK! SO BACK TO TOWN!  ONCE MORE! ALL OVER AGAIN! BACK TO CHURCH! TO THANK GOD! FOR THIS DAY TO PRAY! FOR POOR OLE JONJUAN!

LOVE IS A VERY SPECIAL THING!
THOSE WHO LOVE ALWAYS SING!
BE IT NEVER BEFORE O SUCH GLORY!
TO READ! AND LAUGH! AT SUCH A SINGING CAT STORY!!