Elsie was a woman with...
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Elsie was a woman with a lot of tales to tell. She came to the new country as a child of four and moved around the country with her parents from New York City west to Ohio to North Dakota, and finally, north to Canada. She gladly shared her experiences with anyone who would listen. She would end each recitation, without fail, with the words, "You'd better believe it; I was there."
She told stories of army worms so thick that they marched right over your house, and over you if you stood still; you'd better believe it ... Or of storing a dead uncle in the shed all winter because the roads, such as they were, were totally impassable. The children would sneak in to peak at him and run like the wind if anything ever stirred in the shed; you'd better believe it....
John begins his letter just as Elsie finished her stories: you'd better believe it -- I was there, I saw it, heard it, and touched it. Elsie's stories were humorous and many of her listeners believed she embellished them over the years. John's letter concerns the Word of Life, and you'd better believe he told it like it really was.
She told stories of army worms so thick that they marched right over your house, and over you if you stood still; you'd better believe it ... Or of storing a dead uncle in the shed all winter because the roads, such as they were, were totally impassable. The children would sneak in to peak at him and run like the wind if anything ever stirred in the shed; you'd better believe it....
John begins his letter just as Elsie finished her stories: you'd better believe it -- I was there, I saw it, heard it, and touched it. Elsie's stories were humorous and many of her listeners believed she embellished them over the years. John's letter concerns the Word of Life, and you'd better believe he told it like it really was.
