I’m coming to get you

 Once upon a time there was a pensioner named Flo, who was proud of the  fact she had been married to Ernie for fifty years. She couldn’t say without a cross word, there had been ups and downs, but he was her whole life,  and they had shared so much together for a long time.

She had been very proud of him when he retired, they had given him a lovely gold watch to celebrate his long and faithful service on the railways, and she knew how much this gesture meant to him. So when some thugs broke into their house one day when they were out shopping, she was really angry when they took Ernie’s beloved watch.

Then Flo came up with an idea. She would save the little bit she had left out of her pension each week, it would take a few months, but Ernie would have a gold watch for their fiftieth wedding anniversary. She  had even seen one almost identical to the one stolen in their local jewellers, so every day she looked longingly at it as she passed the window on the way to  her local food shop.

On this particular morning she made up her mind she was going to pay a deposit on it, just so no-one else could snaffle it up. She put on her bright red coat, and picked up her handbag. Flo always liked to look the part, and even though Ernie teased her about how heavy her hand bag was, and did she have a rock in it, she still took it with her, because she wouldn’t feel complete with out it.

As she was approaching the shop, she saw something that made  her see red. A group of thugs with sledge hammers  and balaclavers were  there, and she knew   what that meant, Ernie’s watch would once more be taken from him, this time before he had even got it.

Flo acted quickly, she hadn’t saved all that money for nothing! She swung her handbag menacingly, hitting them, and shouting at them, and one by one, this gang of would be jewel thieves ran away from her. She was like a woman possessed, because hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Having prevented them from taking  that special watch, Flo dusted herself off, and calmly went into the shop to pay her deposit. Her Ernie would have his watch after all, and that is all she cared about.