Glenda Lea Davis's special gifts part one
Glenda Lea Davis, was a very special young girl, Not in the sense that she belonged in the Special Olympics segment. What she had were more unique abilities: How she could whistle just as if she were a bird herself.
Her family fed the birds, by having bird feeders and a bird bath in their back yard. However, only Glenda was able to establish a relationship with them, that wasn't mere ordinary cupboard love. No, she wasn't like that bird woman, singing, "feed the birds..." in the classic musical starring both Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dick in his favorite role as Burt, the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins.
Glenda was the only child out of her family that could feed the birds right out her hands, while whistling happy tunes to them also. She could feed the squirrels peanuts right our of her hands; while whistling a happy tune also But so could all of her siblings. And they had quit of collection of wild life looking for a free meal.
One day while she was out roller skating in her neighborhood. She saw a group of boys teasing; tormenting a smaller child by making, Timmy Johnson, only a three year old child howl like a wolf howling at the moon.
But when Glenda roller skated up to them, she didn't come alone. She whistled for some of the local running loose neighbor hood dogs. Having all four of them chase the neighborhood bully boys away from the distressed little boy.
"That's just exactly what those bad boys needed, a taste of their own medicine." She said.
While taking Tommy back home to his mommy where he rightfully belonged anyway.Those boys had a sort of juvenile protection racket. Wanting to charge the other kids money just for using the public sidewalks. But they were foiled once again by our young hero. Only this time she wasn't roller skating, she was skate boarder or as the Beach boys called it "side walk surfing."
Last time she used the neighborhood dogs, this time she used the neighborhood cat's to surround them and attack them.
"Glenda Lea, you think you're some kind of hot stuff, a regular one girl, animal trainer army!" But they aren't gonna be able to protect you. When they aren't around."
There was a local police patrol car patrolling their area, when Jake Patterson through a rock through their front window. The officers got out of their car, picked up Jake up by the scruff of his neck, and hauled him back home to his mother.
"Mrs. Patterson! Is this your son Jake!"The officers shouted.
"Saints preserve us what's my bad little boy done now?" She yelled.
"Your son just threw a large rock at our front window and broke it!"
"In the name of the ,Virgin Mary, what's Jake done now Martha Anne?"
"Your son, Jake, Walter just broke our front window of our patrol car!"
"Don't you worry about a thing officers! I'll handle it myself personally!"
The officers slammed their front door and called for a two truck to haul
away their damaged patrol car.
And as for Jake, His father bent him over his knees and spanked him.
Besides making him say at least five "Hail Mary Mother of Jesus!"
The Patterson's were practicing Catholics.
His parents made him confess all of his sins to Father Fitzpatrick after
their usual Sunday's mass services.
Little did they know that there is only one mediator between God and man,
Jesus Christ. And not the Virgin Mary or anyone of the saints.
Roxanne Lea Dubarry
October 23, 2025
