Mom's joking around

Mom and Dad enjoyed people--talking with them, lending a helping hand or whatever the need or occasion was they enjoyed it. Mom was really a "bigger" talker than Daddy, as I am sure that you remember. She was turned alot like her Daddy--our Grandpa Thead. Daddy use to say that Mom could visit with a fence post and be real happy about it, because it couldn't talk back. The woman did have the gift of gab but unlike some she listened to what others had to say and was sincerely interested.
They were both blessed with many, many friends throughout their life.
One of Dad's friends was younger than Dad and he absolutely loved Dad- said that he was like a father to him.
Ralph enjoyed going to the horse sales with Daddy, he bought him boots, western hat--the works and felt quiet the cowboy. It was late by the time they would return home. He would always walk with dad to the horse lot and wait while Dad fed the horses etc.He would then go on home feeling pretty much like a cowboy---
Well, this particular night Mom had gone to bed and been laying there listening to a baseball game (ugh)--she heard Dad drive into the drive in front of the house.
Her bed was right next to the windows--which were RAISED. She ALWAYS carried a glass of water with her as she went to bed---yep its a family thing-most all us have done the same thing all of our life.
Now back to marshall Dillion and Faustus--they go walking by her bedroom window, leading the horse to the lot. Dad was the closer one to the window--you just got to think back at how Mom LOVED to pull pranks on all of us.. As they came walking back to the front of the house, passing by her window --real close like--she picks up her full glass of water and throws the water out of the window just about drowning poor Ralph, He yells like he just went over Niagara Falls--sopping wet- Dad asking Mom what the heck she was doing but she couldn't answer him, she was laughing so hard
Her only comment in telling us the story was that she was so sorry that Dad had switched sides because she wanted to hit him with it.. Wouldn't you like to know how Ralph explained to his wife why on earth he looked like a drowned rat.....