She did what?

My sister, my Mom and I have had a chuckle for years about our unforgettable experience with Mary Mills.  This is a true story about the day she invited us to her house for a spaghetti dinner.

The Unforgettable Meal with Mary Mills

"Come to dinner, I'll cook", Mary Mills once said,
"We'll have spaghetti, meatballs, and homemade bread",
"Alright", said my Mom,"we will come for your meal,
My girls and I are hungry, and that sounds like a deal",
So, we rode to her house and went right inside,
She had the table set and was beaming with pride,
She smiled at us happily as she scooped out our serving,
"You can have all you want; you are so deserving",
We ate and ate, but could not clean our big plate,
Mary Mills was not bothered, and she did not wait,
She took back our leftovers and like it or not,
She scraped them all back into her pot,
That's right, it is true; that's what she did,
I remember it well and I was a kid,
She was quite a nice hostess; she really was swell,
But had she eaten it before and just did not tell?
"Waste not, want not", I'm sure she would say,
But to her we just said, "We'll be on our way",
We think of her fondly, but laugh at her too,
That was a funny thing for Mary Mills to do!

Tammy Harvey  written:  5/8/2016