FROM Suzie-Jean
This story about the Twoytles is based upon something that happened to me when I was about 8 years old. I am over 62 now, so this goes back aways.....
There was a cereal company,(can't remember which one ) that went into the "real estate business" as a promotional. On the package of their Oatmeal was an application for land on the moon. For each application mailed into the company, you would receive a deed for one square foot.
Now-- all of us kids, feeling intimidated by adults , thought becoming a landowner was pretty cool. WE ALL WANTED OUR FOOT ON THE MOON, you see!
ACTUALLY, we wanted feet on the moon.
But in order to secure our free property, our parents had to buy the cereal. And since we wanted more than one foot, we bothered our parents to buy more than one package of oatmeal at a time. We were really afraid that by the time we finished one package of oatmeal, and bought the next container/box the offer would be up, and the land would be all gone.
I do not know how many square feet or even square yards I own on the moon as I long since lost my deeds. But on dark nights when the moon is full and bright, I sometimes stare at it saying," I own part of you!"
Fact can at least be as strange as fiction!
Let me know, please, if you have ever had similar experiences:
suziejean887@yahoo.com
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