Susie’s problem was out of control. She was too short. Her neighbor Tara was just the right height. Susie could not compete in any basketball game with friends and neighbors. Tara was a three point wonder. Susie was plagued by her next door neighbor envy.

Susie’s grass was filled with bare patches. It had weeds too. Her husband never took care of it cause he spent all his spare time cutting wood with his new echo chainsaw. All the trees at the lot line looked fantastic. The grass looked second rate.

Tara’s husband cut the grass every weekend. He trimmed it and edged it. It looked fantastic. After he cut it, he watered it and fertilized it. Susie’s husband only cut theirs when it grew so high he was afraid they’d be fined.

It was Susie’s shopping day. She wondered what Tara ate every day. She was slender in addition to being tall. Susie was not tall or slender. She looked down at her waistline and frowned. Her exercise routine wasn’t working. She wondered if Tara did exercises.

The day when Susie and her husband bought a pretty twin sleigh bed for their child was a happy one. It was soft white and pretty. She loved it. She asked if Tara would like to see it. Tara loved it too she said. They had coffee and Tara complimented it again. Susie knew Tara made better coffee but that day she didn’t care.

The next morning she and her daughter went over to Tara’s house for coffee. The girls (Tara had two daughters). Naturally she has twice as many daughters as me Susie thought to herself. The girls played and the mothers visited. They played dolls and video games. Aha, her girls have to share one video system Susie thought. The kids didn’t have any toy envy about that though.

After they left, Susie and her daughter chatted. The child told her that Tara’s two girl’s each had a sleigh bed in their room. Susie felt that old next door neighbor envy and it grew unbearable. She was glad Tara hadn’t bragged about it.

The very next morning Susie and her daughter went to the mall. In the furniture store Susie’s daughter asked what furniture they needed. When they looked at sleigh beds, the child was surprised. But I have one she said. Her mother screeched out that she was buying one for the guest room. On the day of delivery Susie also had two sleigh beds in her home.

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