Gloria never expected to be involved in a May/December romance, let alone having that romance lead to her getting married. And she was the December part of the equation. She was 50-years-old, and her intended, Jason, was only 25. Now she felt that marrying her would be too much of an imposition on Jason; that she would only slow him down. He deserved to marry a younger bride than her.
Hearing her lament, her Uncle Saul brought her a dusty old bottle he had brought back years ago from his travels through Eastern Europe. "As a wedding gift, I want to help you give Jason the young bride you think he deserves. Drink the potion in this bottle a few hours before the wedding, and it will shave 24 years off your age," Saul said. Gloria was overjoyed, but added, "What does this red line on the label say?" Saul shrugged, "I don't read Hungarian."
On the day of the wedding, Gloria was so consumed by the minute details of the wedding, she almost forgot the potion. She hadn't found anyone who could read Hungarian, but she wanted to surprise Jason, and swallowed it. Soon afterward, a friend gave her a glass of champagne and offered a toast to her happiness. Gloria quickly downed it, thinking, "Now where is that lacey wedding dress?"
About a half-hour before the wedding, Gloria's grandniece Peggy was in tears. She thought she was to be the flower girl at the ceremony, but her frilly dress had disappeared. "You didn't attend the practice, so maybe they gave the job to another girl," Peggy's mother said.
On hearing this, Jason was afraid that thieves might be afoot at the ceremony. He decided to warn Gloria. Busting into her bedroom, he spied before a mirror what looked like a 2-year-old girl wearing the petticoat for the flower girl's dress. The girl turned around and yelled at Jason, "What are you doing in her before the wedding. Don't you know it's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding?" Jason was surprised to hear such a statement from the girl. "Scat! Get out right now or I won't marry you," the girl growled. "Is that you, Gloria?" Jason whimpered. "You'll see when I walk down the aisle," the girl said, turning her back on the groom.
A half hour later, Jason and his car were gone. But nobody could find Gloria either. The guests decided that they probably eloped together rather than go through with the long ceremony. So they dug in to the buffet supper. While the guests didn't get to see a wedding, they did come away with a lasting memory that of the cute flower girl who walked around with Gloria's bouquet of roses claiming she was the bride. Everyone thought the girl was so cute except Peggy. "Why did they make her the flower girl?" Peggy griped. "She's shorter than me!"
After the party, a cleaning lady came upon the empty potion
bottle. "It's in my language, Hungarian," she said.
"That red line reads, 'Do not take with alcohol.' With all
the empty champagne bottles here, I hope whoever used this got
this translated," she thought.