tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9942152457138852872024-03-14T03:23:09.549-07:00cutup capersrhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-33594855406006911352023-10-28T08:05:00.006-07:002023-10-28T08:05:34.851-07:00tales from eisiox<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX3xCgYUJBN2T74MOev1pY6msR7Ip8clEfQK07dRnH6_UmreGHJtSqqgeH1oBjjx-r-cp0pGS3v03hyEljOmdJf0-i5maPNpN5RS5ppD-oecZhCxTxIQusFNf8DGYcULfryZh-m9MO1rwKIX_yeW0SeU23Mee4qlxUaMHa8AoVDhqwlG0Sq1nP2kTuF0/s2500/cc%20tales%20from%20eisiox.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX3xCgYUJBN2T74MOev1pY6msR7Ip8clEfQK07dRnH6_UmreGHJtSqqgeH1oBjjx-r-cp0pGS3v03hyEljOmdJf0-i5maPNpN5RS5ppD-oecZhCxTxIQusFNf8DGYcULfryZh-m9MO1rwKIX_yeW0SeU23Mee4qlxUaMHa8AoVDhqwlG0Sq1nP2kTuF0/w640-h640/cc%20tales%20from%20eisiox.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-74874546170157191122023-07-26T15:59:00.005-07:002023-07-26T15:59:46.225-07:00smile<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5fMisa-ddYXeGSvKrlcCfskD_c7uhZ-V5_q3w1NzAnNz-FojpvU1NFy4zz_lCag54qroHcY-HY2MMQpFCEua4Obgn3c5Sh5t_AOQU6vAzHH96RkeLpJHLCHizqjCBELD3DNwwUg9x-3WiP7VRNLoB8sxQ8IV-qtYqkpxp0OqV9QnplGWye20DZJ7iHo/s2500/cc%20smile.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5fMisa-ddYXeGSvKrlcCfskD_c7uhZ-V5_q3w1NzAnNz-FojpvU1NFy4zz_lCag54qroHcY-HY2MMQpFCEua4Obgn3c5Sh5t_AOQU6vAzHH96RkeLpJHLCHizqjCBELD3DNwwUg9x-3WiP7VRNLoB8sxQ8IV-qtYqkpxp0OqV9QnplGWye20DZJ7iHo/w640-h640/cc%20smile.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-71945077092424571562023-07-08T08:49:00.005-07:002023-07-08T08:49:22.275-07:00iluiti<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHptePVoxknRNYf6QvVwdNrc4xgfHSQ5uO6oMppXLl5g8mIE0FtErI445isbzKHow0p6VoDIyHS36Z1ZCIcKooVxRvVkSkZBX3w894PJ4Ar3jPkpFhgRXLMLPmrvAkoTFvT-gNTI4mq7uWCZ7EFgP8GguZ1wWjuIQvzNU6W_D4AIiymV5Jt8M_galAgqU/s2500/cc%20iluiti.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHptePVoxknRNYf6QvVwdNrc4xgfHSQ5uO6oMppXLl5g8mIE0FtErI445isbzKHow0p6VoDIyHS36Z1ZCIcKooVxRvVkSkZBX3w894PJ4Ar3jPkpFhgRXLMLPmrvAkoTFvT-gNTI4mq7uWCZ7EFgP8GguZ1wWjuIQvzNU6W_D4AIiymV5Jt8M_galAgqU/w640-h640/cc%20iluiti.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-46996865714972566112022-12-26T18:20:00.005-08:002022-12-26T18:20:27.242-08:00Round the Clock: Beautiful Video from Cece Chapman<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/466mkzah-mk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Round the Clock</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="347" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/466mkzah-mk" width="549" youtube-src-id="466mkzah-mk"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/466mkzah-mk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Round the Clock: Beautiful Video from Cece Chapman</a><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-59388774249655401942022-07-22T05:43:00.002-07:002022-07-22T05:43:43.767-07:00the case of the empty room<br>
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<font color = "red"> by genghis gilgamesh </font>
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<font color = "navy">leonardo woke up.
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he went to the door and looked out.
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the sun was shining.
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no birds were singing.
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leonardo had never seen a bird or heard a bird sing but he knew that they were not singing, because he had read about birds.
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he went back inside and picked up the book he had been reading.
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the book was "ecstasy and quietude" by pope urban viii
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in the book selim, crown prince of the kingdom of a____, had been painting a picture when he was interrupted by his chamberlain, valentine.
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not bad, eh,? selim nodded to the picture he had been painting when valentine entered the studio.
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the studio was located in the turret of the prince's castle and was flooded with bright northern light.
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valentine bowed. your highness, i have a message from your father the king. you are to take immediate command of the royal army and conduct the defense of the capital against the oncoming barbarians.
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i? selim put his brush down. but it has always been understood that my brother should command the army, while i devote myself to preparing to ascend the throne.
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be that as it may, your highness, his majesty was most explicit in his desire.
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how odd. i am afraid i don't know anything about military matters. do you? the prince studied his painting and picked up his brush and added a few strokes to it. perhaps you can help me out.
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i am afraid not, your highness i have always been in the household service. the chamberlain paused. perhaps general barbar could offer you some advice,
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an excellent idea. thank you, valentine, you have been very helpful as always. please have the general notified that i would like to confer with him.
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very good, sir. valentine bowed and departed.
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the prince resumed work on his picture.
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what is the use of a book without pictures?
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the picture the prince was painting was deficient in execution but ambitious in concept. the left side of the wide canvas depicted the wreck of the argonaut, the right the fall of troy and the center mixed the two stories by showing the survivors of the shipwreck landing on the shores of troy and hastening toward it, while the inhabitants of troy fled past them to the shore.
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concept, said the prince aloud. that is my favorite word. for where should we be without concept?
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he added a touch of red to pythagoras's's nose in the lower left portion of the picture. the philosopher was clinging to a floating table from the dining room of the doomed ship. a book lay open on the table, pinned to it by the carcass of a persian cat.
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the left page of the open book was legible and the title above the text read "the case of the empty room".</font>
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<td></tr></table>genghishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741928125673087198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-78101503292443635272021-08-12T04:09:00.000-07:002021-08-12T04:09:56.355-07:00road to nowhere, part 13<br>
<font color = "navy""> for part twelve, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2021/08/road-to-nowhere-part-12.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/stanzas-1-33.html "><font color = "red"> here </font></a> or <a href = " http://dribdrabdream.blogspot.com/2011/12/stanza-1.html"><font color = "green"> here </font></a></font>
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<center><font color = "black">arctodus simus<br>
arctodus simus<br>
arctodus simus
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cross the river<br>
cross the river<br>
cross the river
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america is the oldest continent<br>
and the last to be inhabited<br>
by humans
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the biggest cats<br>
the grizzliest bears<br>
the wooliest mammoths
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the biggest cats<br>
the biggest cats<br>
the biggest cats
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the grizzliest bears<br>
the grizzliest bears<br>
the grizzliest bears
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the wooliest mammoths<br>
the wooliest mammoths<br>
the wooliest mammoths
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no place <br>
for the faint of heart<br>
for the faint of heart
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the howilngest wolves<br>
the howlingest wolves<br>
the howlingest wolves
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the yellowest dogs<br>
the yellowest dogs<br>
the yellowest dogs
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the hungriest coyotes<br>
the hungriest coyotes<br>
the hungriest coyotes
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the iciest floes<br>
the iciest floes<br>
the iciest floes
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jeremiah johnson<br>
jeremiah johnson<br>
jeremiah johnson
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jack slade<br>
jack slade<br>
jack slade
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jack mule<br>
jack mule<br>
jack mule
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chac mool<br>
chac mool<br>
chac mool
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moctezuma<br>
moctezuma<br>
shining in the sun
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cortés<br>
pizarro<br>
hernando de soto
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cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca
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down the mighty mississippi<br>
to the town of new orleans <br>
waiting for the robert e lee
<p>
george armstrong custer<br>
george armstrong custer<br>
waiting for the robert e lee
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henry ford<br>
henry ford<br>
henry ford
<p>
pancho villa<br>
pancho villa<br>
pancho villa
<p>
ambrose bierce<br>
ambrose bierce<br>
ambrose bierce
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<p>
jack london<br>
jack london<br>
jack london
<p>
william jennings bryan<br>
william jennings bryan<br>
william jennings bryan
<p>
aimee semple mcpherspn<br>
aimee semple mcpherson<br>
aimee semple mcpherson
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<p>
jim jones<br>
jim jones<br>
jim jones
<p>
j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer
<p>
destroyer of worlds<br>
destroyer of worlds<br>
destroyer of worlds
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<p>
with these words my children i leave you
<p>
we have to do what dad says
<p>
kids these days don’t know anything about history<br>
they think the world began with them
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<p>
you were talking to billy johnson<br>
instead of paying attention<br>
you must know the answer
<p>
waiting for the robert e lee</font></center>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-12746665860873952572021-08-10T08:15:00.002-07:002021-08-12T04:10:59.163-07:00road to nowhere, part 12<br>
<font color = "navy""> for part eleven, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2021/07/road-to-nowhere-part-11.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/stanzas-1-33.html "><font color = "red"> here </font></a> or <a href = " http://dribdrabdream.blogspot.com/2011/12/stanza-1.html"><font color = "green"> here </font></a></font>
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<p>
<center><font color = "black"><center>walter winchell<br>
walter winchell<br>
walter winchell
<p>
ed sullivan<br>
ed sullivan<br>
ed sullivan
<p>
joe mccarthy<br>
joe mccarthy<br>
joe mccarthy
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<p>
j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer
<p>
j edgar hoover<br>
j edgar hoover<br>
j edgar hoover
<p>
lucky luciano<br>
lucky luciano<br>
lucky luciano
<p>
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<p>
dale carnegie<br>
dale carnegie<br>
dale carnegie
<p>
elvis presley<br>
elvis presley<br>
james dean
<p>
al capone<br>
al capone<br>
al capone
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<p>
john dillimger<br>
john dillinger<br>
john dillinger
<p>
the lady in red
<p>
pretty boy floyd<br>
pretty boy floyd<br>
baby face nelson
<p>
muncie indiana<br>
abilene kansas<br>
wichita falls texas
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<p>
abilene texas<br>
lubbock texas<br>
allbuquerque new mexico
<p>
gallup new mexico<br>
yuma arizona<br>
death valley
<p>
hollywood boulevard<br>
hollywood boulevard<br>
hollywood boulevard
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bette davis<br>
bette davis<br>
bette davis
<p>
joan crawford<br>
joan crawford<br>
joan crawford
<p>
gloria swanson<br>
gloria swanson<br>
gloria swanson
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buggsy siegel<br>
buggsy siegel<br>
buggsy siegel
<p>
frank sinatra<br>
frank sinatra<br>
frank sinatra
<p>
alfred anastasia<br>
alfred anastasia<br>
alfred anastasia
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sleepy hollow <br>
sleepy hollow<br>
sleepy hollow
<p>
sonny and cher<br>
sonny and cher<br>
sonny and cher
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pochntas<br>
pocahntas<br>
pocahntas
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captain john smith <br>
captain john smith<br>
captain john smith
<p>
ponce de leon<br>
ponce de leon<br>
ponce de leon
<p>
cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca
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<p>
jack slade<br>
jack slade<br>
billy the kid
<p>
moctezuma<br>
moctezuma<br>
moctezuma
<p>
chac mool<br>
chac mool <br>
chac mool
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i left my heart in san francisco<br>
san francisco<br>
san francisco
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clown alley<br>
clown alley<br>
doggie diner
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i got my kicks on route 66<br>
route 66<br>
route 66</font></center>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-39428617029809728302021-07-15T04:07:00.004-07:002021-08-10T08:16:59.003-07:00road to nowhere, part 11<br>
<font color = "navy""> for part ten, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2021/07/road-to-nowhere-part-10.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/stanzas-1-33.html "><font color = "red"> here </font></a> or <a href = " http://dribdrabdream.blogspot.com/2011/12/stanza-1.html"><font color = "green"> here </font></a></font>
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<center><font color = "black"><center>john wayne<br>
john wayne<br>
john wayne
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charlton heston<br>
charlton heston<br>
charlton heston
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jeff chandler<br>
jeff chandler<br>
jeff chandler
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geronimo<br>
geromino<br>
geronimo
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montezuma<br>
montezuma<br>
montezuma
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cortés<br>
cortés<br>
cortés
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cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca
<p>
elvis presley<br>
elvis presley<br>
elvis presley
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hank williams<br>
hank willians<br>
hank snow
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daniel boone<br>
daniel boone<br>
davy crockett
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jimmie rodgers<br>
jimmie rodgers<br>
jimmie rodgers
<p>
charlie patton<br>
charlie patton<br>
blind lemon jefferson
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waiting for the robert e lee<br>
robert e lee<br>
robert e lee
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jefferson davis<br>
jefferson.davis<br>
jefferson davis
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old man mose<br>
old man mose<br>
old man mose
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stephen foster<br>
stephen foster<br>
stephen foster
<p>
my old kentucky home<br>
kentucky home<br>
kentucky home
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down the mighty mississippi<br>
to the town of new orleans
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fats domino<br>
fats domino<br>
fats domino
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little richard<br>
little richard<br>
little richard
<p>
ricky nelson<br>
ricky nelson<br>
ozzie and harriet
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norman rockwell<br>
norman rockwell<br>
norman rockwell
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george washington<br>
george washington<br>
abraham lincoln
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jesse james<br>
frank james<br>
billy the kid
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wyatt earp<br>
wyatt earp<br>
doc holliday
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belle starr <br>
belle starr<br>
belle starr
<p>
annie oakley<br>
annie oaklley<br>
sitting bull
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theodore roosevelt<br>
theodore roosevelt<br>
admiral dewey
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upton sinclair<br>
upton sinclair<br>
eigene debs
<p>
joe hill<br>
joe hill<br>
big bill haywood
<p>
alive as you or me
<p>
booth tarkington<br>
booth tarkington<br>
warren g harding
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h l mencken<br>
h l mencken<br>
h l mencken
<p>
alexander woolcott<br>
alexander woolcott<br>
george s kaufman
<p>
dorothy parker<br>
dorothy parker<br>
edna st vncent millay
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joe gould<br>
joe gould<br>
joe gould</font></center
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-54329002763267646932021-07-02T03:38:00.004-07:002021-07-15T04:11:10.729-07:00road to nowhere, part 10<br>
<font color = "navy""> for part nine, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2021/06/road-to-nowhere-part-9.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/stanzas-1-33.html "><font color = "red"> here </font></a> or <a href = " http://dribdrabdream.blogspot.com/2011/12/stanza-1.html"><font color = "green"> here </font></a></font>
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<center><font color = "black"><center> hernando de soto<br>
hernando de soto<br>
hernando de soto
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down the mighty mississippi<br>
to the gulf of mexico
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cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca<br>
cabeza de vaca
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cities of gold<br>
cities of gold<br>
cities of gold
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christopher columbus<br>
amerigo vespucci<br>
ferdinand magellan
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cortés<br>
cortés<br>
moctezuma
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pizarro<br>
pizarro<br>
atahualpa
<p>
cities of gold<br>
cities of gold<br>
kingdoms of gold
<p>
kingdoms of gold<br>
kingdoms of gold<br>
empires of gold
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ponce de leon<br>
ponce de leon<br>
ponce de leon
<p>
francis marion<br>
francis marion<br>
francis marion
<p>
george washington<br>
george washington<br>
george washington
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<p>
captain kidd<br>
captain kidd<br>
blackbeard the pirate
<p>
andrew jackson<br>
andrew jackson<br>
andrew jackson
<p>
down the mighty mississippi <br>
to the town of new orleans
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<p>
daniel boone<br>
daniel boone<br>
davy crockett
<p>
davy crockett<br>
davy crockett<br>
remember the alamo
<p>
jesse james<br>
jesse james<br>
george armstrong custer
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<p>
billy the kid<br>
billy the kid<br>
jack slade
<p>
magellan<br>
balboa<br>
captain cook
<p>
captain cook<br>
captain cook<br>
captain cook
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easter island<br>
easter island<br>
easter island
<p>
the mighty ocean<br>
the mighty ocean<br>
the rolling waves of the mighty ocean
<p>
the deep blue sea<br>
the deep blue sea<br>
between the devil and the deep blue sea
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<p>
admiral mahan<br>
admiral mahan<br>
admiral dewey
<p>
douglas macarthur<br>
douglas macarthur<br>
douglas macarthur
<p>
curtis lemay<br>
curtis lemay<br>
curtis lemay
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<p>
j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer
<p>
edward teller<br>
edward teller<br>
edward teller
<p>
julius rosenberg<br>
julius rosenberg<br>
julius and ethel rosenberg
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<p>
john glenn<br>
john glenn<br>
john glenn
<p>
j edgar hoover<br>
j edgar hoover<br>
lee harvey oswald
<p>
neil armstrong<br>
neil armstrong<br>
neil armstrong </font></center
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<center><a href ="https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2021/07/road-to-nowhere-part-11.html"><font color = "red"> part 11 </font></a></center>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-58871119495879832972021-06-28T01:52:00.003-07:002021-07-02T03:39:54.754-07:00road to nowhere, part 9<br>
<font color = "navy""> for part eight, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2021/03/road-to-nowhere-part-8.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/stanzas-1-33.html "><font color = "red"> here </font></a> or <a href = " http://dribdrabdream.blogspot.com/2011/12/stanza-1.html"><font color = "green"> here </font></a></font>
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<center><font color = "black"> philadelphia<br>
pittsburgh<br>
harrisburg pennsylvania
<p>
philadelphia<br>
philadelphia<br>
philadelphia
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pittsburgh<br>
pittsburgh<br>
pittsburgh
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<p>
harrisburg<br>
harrisburg<br>
harrisburg
<p>
harrisburg pennsylvania
<p>
state line<br>
state line<br>
state line
<p>
lake erie<br>
lake erie<br>
cleveland ohio
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<p>
you’d be surprised<br>
you’d be surprised<br>
you’d be surprised
<p>
at some of the things i’ve seen
<p>
wind off the lake<br>
wind off the lake<br>
wind off the lake
<p>
all night long<br>
all night long<br>
all night long
<p>
what kind of music do you like?
<p>
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<p>
myself<br>
myself<br>
i like country music
<p>
i like country music<br>
i like country music<br>
because it tells a story
<p>
country music tells a story
<p>
west virginia<br>
west virginia<br>
west virginia
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<p>
coal miner’s daughter<br>
coal miner’s daughter<br>
coal miner’s daughter
<p>
loretta lynn<br>
loretta lynn<br>
loretta lynn
<p>
now it’s just my opinion<br>
but i don’t think the people who made that movie<br>
knew anything about country music
<p>
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<p>
but that’s just my opinion<br>
my opinion<br>
my opinion
<p>
hank snow<br>
hank snow<br>
hank snow
<p>
ernest tubb<br>
ernest tubb<br>
ernest tubb
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<p>
hank williams<br>
hank williams<br>
hank williams
<p>
cleveland<br>
akron<br>
columbus ohio
<p>
cleveland<br>
cleveland<br>
cleveland
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akron<br>
akron<br>
akron<br>
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columbus<br>
columbus<br>
cincinnati
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you can talk about your hank williamses<br>
hank williamses<br>
hank williamses
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hank snows<br>
hank snows<br>
hank snows
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but f you want a real christian country singer
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listen to brother claude ely<br>
brother claude ely<br>
brother claude ely
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he raised a mighty voice to the lord<br>
a mighty voice to the lord<br>
a mighty voice to the lord
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filling the night<br>
filling the night<br>
heralding the dawn
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cincinnati ohio<br>
louisville kentucky<br>
louisville kentucky
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aretha franklin<br>
aretha franklin<br>
aretha franklin
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clyde mcphatter<br>
clyde mcphatter<br>
clyde mcphatter
<p>
dixie hummingbirds<br>
dixie hummingbirds<br>
dixie hummingbirds
<p>
stanley brothers<br>
stanley brothers<br>
stanley brothers
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indianapolis<br>
indianapolis<br>
indianapolis
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terre haute<br>
terre haute<br>
terre haute indiana</font></center
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<center><a href ="https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2021/07/road-to-nowhere-part-10.html"><font color = "red"> part 10 </font></a></center>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-76759672628111648322021-03-18T02:11:00.004-07:002021-06-28T01:53:56.564-07:00road to nowhere, part 8<br>
<font color = "navy""> for part seven, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2020/10/road-to-nowhere-part-7.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/stanzas-1-33.html "><font color = "red"> here </font></a> or <a href = " http://dribdrabdream.blogspot.com/2011/12/stanza-1.html"><font color = "green"> here </font></a></font>
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<center><font color = "black"> herbert hoover<br>
herbert hoover<br>
herbert hoover
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charles curtis<br>
charles curtis<br>
charles curtis
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iowa city iowa<br>
iowa city iowa<br>
iowa
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choctaw nation<br>
choctaw nation<br>
sioux nation
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sioux city iowa<br>
sioux city iowa<br>
sioux city
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i see you have done a lot of research
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farmhouse<br>
farmhouse<br>
old farmhouse
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schoolhouse<br>
schoolhouse<br>
little red schoolhouse
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wheat<br>
wheat<br>
wheat
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old yellow moon<br>
old yellow moon<br>
lonesome highway
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<p>
herbert hoover<br>
herbert hoover<br>
herbert hoover
<p>
black hills<br>
black hills<br>
black hills
<p>
sitting bull<br>
sitting bull<br>
george armstrong custer
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he died with his boots on<br>
he died with his boots on<br>
because they would never take him alive
<p>
franklin d roosevelt<br>
franklin d roosevelt<br>
pretty boy floyd
<p>
john dillinger<br>
billy sunday<br>
the lady in red
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aimee semple macpherson<br>
aimee semple macpherson<br>
charles lindbergh
<p>
charles curtis<br>
charles curtis<br>
john nance garner
<p>
clark gable<br>
clark gable<br>
clark gable
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<p>
joan crawford<br>
joan crawford<br>
joan crawford
<p>
knoxville tennessee <br>
knoxville tennessee<br>
knoxville tennessee
<p>
tupelo mississippi<br>
tupelo mississippi<br>
memphis tennessee
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elvis presley<br>
elvis presley<br>
elvis presley
<p>
ed sullivan<br>
ed sullivan<br>
ed sullivan
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jackie gleason<br>
jackie gleason<br>
jackie gleason
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wink martindale<br>
wink martindale<br>
wink martindale
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soldier, if what they tell me is true, i will punish you as no man has ever been punished before
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hank williams<br>
hank williams<br>
hank williams
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hank snow<br>
hank snow<br>
hank snow
<p>
marilyn monroe<br>
marilyn monroe<br>
marilyn monroe
<p>
albert einstein<br>
albert einstein<br>
albert einstein
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albert schweitzer<br>
albert schweitzer<br>
albert schweitzer
<p>
tony perkins<br>
tony perkins<br>
tony perkins</font></center>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-9607833704838303482020-10-18T09:02:00.006-07:002021-03-18T06:47:57.998-07:00road to nowhere, part 7<br>
<font color = "navy""> for part six, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2019/01/road-to-nowhere-part-6.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "http://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/stanzas-1-33.html "><font color = "red"> here </font></a> or <a href = " http://dribdrabdream.blogspot.com/2011/12/stanza-1.html"><font color = "green"> here </font></a></font>
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<center><font color = "black"> albert einstein<br>
albert schweitzer<br>
alexander the great
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broderick crawford<br>
betty boop<br>
bernard baruch
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ted williams <br>
joe dimaggio<br>
cecil travis
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bob feller<br>
isaac newton<br>
rene descartes
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frederick the great<br>
catherine the great<br>
voltaire
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bob feller<br>
bob feller<br>
johnny mize
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harry s truman<br>
harry s truman<br>
harry s truman
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edward teller<br>
edward teller<br>
edward teller
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john von neumann<br>
john von neumann<br>
john von neumann
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winston churchill<br>
anthony eden<br>
clement attlee
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alan turing<br>
alan turing<br>
alan turing
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claude shannon<br>
claude shannon<br>
claude shannon
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frank sinatra<br>
frank sinatra<br>
frank sinatra
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burt lancaster<br>
burt lancaster<br>
burt lancaster
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niagara falls<br>
niagara falls<br>
buffalo new york
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are we there yet<br>
are we there yet<br>
are we there yet
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long way to go<br>
long way to go<br>
old farmhouse
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klaus fuchs<br>
klaus fuchs<br>
klaus fuchs
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julius rosenberg<br>
ethel rosenberg<br>
harry gold
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joseph stalin <br>
harry s truman<br>
clement attlee
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lavrenty beria<br>
lavrenty beria<br>
j robert oppenheimer
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j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer<br>
j robert oppenheimer
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frank sinatra<br>
frank sinatra<br>
frank sinatra
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patti page <br>
patti page<br>
patti page
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albert einstein<br>
isaac newton<br>
j robert oppenheimer
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rochester new york<br>
syracuse new york<br>
utica new york
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i have to hand it to you
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you know your stuff<br>
you know your stuff<br>
you know your stuff
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how much is that doggie in the window
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henry luce<br>
henry luce<br>
clare booth luce
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frankie laine<br>
frankie laine<br>
frankie laine
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jackie gleason<br>
jackie gleason<br>
jackie gleason
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i have to hand it to you<br>
you know your stuff<br>
you know your stuff
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but we are not making much progress
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-89676740320449782722020-02-25T11:37:00.003-08:002020-02-25T11:37:37.061-08:00the evidence<br>
<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color = "navy">once upon a time, an archbishop lived in a wagon beside a excavation site.
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the archbishop always wanted to have a dog and be a clown.
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one day, a magician came along.
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what do you want? the archbishop asked the magician.
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i want a quiet life, the magician said .
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i don’t think that is likely. the archbishop replied.
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just then, a conquering hero hove into view.
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the archbishop understood everything.
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the magician destroyed the evidence.
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afterwards, a friendly fellow joked about it.
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and said , what was that all about?
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a journalist agreed.
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we will never see that again, at least until armageddon freezes over.</font>
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bofahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938648023389318291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-25098541072913385922020-02-24T05:10:00.000-08:002020-02-25T11:14:38.082-08:00the witness<br>
<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color = "navy">once upon a time, an intellectual named max lived in a garage beside a zoo.
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the intellectual always wanted to dream his life away and be an orangutan.
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one day, a quiet fellow named harold came along.
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what do you want, max asked harold.
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i want understanding, harold said
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i don’t think canada is much of a country, max replied.
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just then, a man with an enquiring mind named aldo ran quickly past, carrying a large strawberry ice cream cone.
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max admired the sky.
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harold went mad.
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afterwards, a republican named jasper nodded sagely.
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and said , what can you expect from such people? as a gigantic moth floated over his head.
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an expert witness named ethan agreed.
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we will never see that again, at least until expectations are lowered to a reasonable level.</font>
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bofahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938648023389318291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-32328902317884507042020-02-23T15:12:00.000-08:002020-02-23T15:12:09.924-08:00a strange occurrence<br>
<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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suddenly a virgin goddess quietly stole into the room.
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this must be a joke, the wise man exclaimed .
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didn’t you understand the prophet’s message? the virgin goddess replied .
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it was really too much for the poor wise man.
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then an important message just happened to flash by.
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what is the problem? the messenger asked the wise man.
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an explosion of congratulations erupted spontaneously.
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a highway robbery emerged.
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the media reported that the queen had baked an apple pie.
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later, the head of the praetorian guard confessed that no flowers had actually bloomed.</font>
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bofahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938648023389318291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-78599416799172708662020-02-20T12:19:00.000-08:002020-02-20T12:19:31.307-08:002 stories<br>
<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color = "navy">once upon a time, a —————— lived in a ———————— beside a ———————.
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the —————— always wanted to ——————— and be a ————————.
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one day, a ———————— came along.
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what do you want, the ———————— asked the ————————.
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i want ——————, the ——————— said
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i don’t think —————————. the —————— replied
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just then, a ———————— ————————
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the ————————— ——————————
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the ———————————— ———————————
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afterwards, a ————- ————————
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a ————————— agreed
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we will never see that again, at least until —————————l
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<center><font color = "red""> another story </font></center>
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<font color = "navy">a ————————— was ————————
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suddenly a ————————— —————————
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———————————, the ———————— exclaimed
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didn’t you————————— , the ——————— replied
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it was——————————
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then a ————————— —————————
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what is the ————————, the ———————— said
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a ——————— of ——————— —————————
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a ————————— emerged
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the media reported that ————————
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but —————— had different ideas
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later, the ——————— confessed that ———————</font>
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bofahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938648023389318291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-79732542137374517652019-10-31T09:55:00.000-07:002019-10-31T09:55:01.051-07:00bad people so fast, part 5: headquarters<br>
<font color = "black"> by <font color = "purple"> bofa xesjum </font>
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based on an original story by <font color = "green">roger "pegleg" wlson</font>
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for previous episode, click <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2019/10/bad-people-so-fast-part-4-rowboat.html"> <font color = "red""> here </font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2012/06/bad-people-so-fast.html"> <font color = "blue""> here </font></a></font>
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<font color = "navy">tamerlane looked over the river.
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here comes somebody, he told genghis khan.
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it’s my break time, genghis said. think you can handle it yourself?
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tamerlane held his binoculars up to his eyes. there were only three people in the little boat.
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yes, i can handle it. but you owe me one.
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fair enough. genghis headed for the break room.
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tamerlane followed him out of the room and waked down the short corridor to the elevator.
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he was waiting for the boat when it pulled up to the little dock. pete maneuvered it up beside a stanchion and tied it up.
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johnny stepped put of the boat. he saw tamerlane but waited for him to say something first.
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cleo jumped out after johnny.
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we are here! she shouted to tamerlane,.
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yes, young lady, i see that you are here, tamerlane replied. what can i do for you?
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before cleo could answer, pete joined them. the game is up!. he told tamerlane. we know who you are and what you are doing!
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and we are here to save the human race! cleo added.
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well in that case, tamerlane said, we are happy to see you.
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you do not say so, johnny spoke for the first time. who is “we” and who are you?
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my name is whitey, tamerlane replied. and me and my pal blackie are the caretakers of this outpost of the empire. but we have grown weary of out roles, and hoped and prayed that someone would come along to rescue us. and now you are here.
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blackie and whitey, said pete. those are cool names,, easy to remember.
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and where is this blackie? johnny asked.
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he is on his break now, but will rejoin us shortly. meanwhile, would you like a tour of the premises?
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yes, cleo said. i have always wanted a tour of the planet’s headquarters.
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it is simple enough, tamerlane replied. just follow me.
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johnny, cleo, and pete followed tamerlane into the building and entered the elevator.
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they ascended to the fourteenth floor. they got out and tamerlane escorted them down a short corridor..
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they entered a small, dimly lit room.
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on a table in the center of the room were three flat screens.
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one was red, one was green, one was gray.
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tamerlane pointed to the red screen. it had a somewhat wavy, but basically straight black line across it.
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this is the power monitor, tamerlane said. it tracks the power of the empire on the planet. as youc an see, it is holding pretty steady.
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and this is the freedom monitor, he said, pointing to the green screen. it, too, had a black line across it, somewhat more wavy than the one on the red screen, but also basically steady.
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this, tamerlane explained, tracks the acceptance of the earth’s inhabitants of the empire’s rule. right now it looks pretty stable.
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and this, he pointed to the gray monitor, is the truth monitor.
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but there is nothing on it, said pete. it is blank.
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exactly, tamerlane agreed.</font>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-13578292499453201882019-10-26T06:25:00.000-07:002019-10-31T09:56:50.256-07:00bad people so fast, part 4: the rowboat<br>
<font color = "black"> by <font color = "purple"> bofa xesjum </font>
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based on an original story by <font color = "green">roger "pegleg" wlson</font>
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for previous episode, click <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2019/10/bad-people-so-fast-part-3-give-it-try.html"> <font color = "red""> here </font></a>
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to begin at the beginning, click <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2012/06/bad-people-so-fast.html "> <font color = "blue""> here </font></a></font>
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<font color = "navy">all right, johnny thought, i may as well go through with this. humoring this joker might be my best chance.
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aloud he said to pete, what would you suggest? should we check these people out, challenge them on their own turf, as they used to say back in the good old days?
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we might as well, pete replied. i think the time has finally come.
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can i ask you one thing?
johnny asked pete.
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sure.
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how exactly did you come to the conclusion that the people we want are over here, right there in that spot?
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it is simple, pete told him. it looks like there is nothing there, right?
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right.
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but there must be <i>something</i> there, right?
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right.
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but if there is something there, why can’t we see it?
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you tell me.
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there can only be one reason - <i>because they don’t want you to know!</i>
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of course, johnny agreed. it’s obvious once you think about it.
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then let’s go.
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johnny turned and looked across the water. all right, how do we get over there?
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pete pointed off to the left into the darkness. there is a rowboat over there.
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does it belong to you?
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no, it just sits there. it has been sitting there for as long as i have coming here. i figure it belongs to <i>them</i>, for someone to bring them a message in an emergency, if there is a revolution or a meteor hits the earth., and all the power in the world goes out.
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johnny nodded. oh. that makes sense.
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so i figure it is all right for us to take it.
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<i>wait!</i> they heard a voice in the shadows.
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they both turmed, it was cleo.
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i heard everything, johnny . i put you up to this. take me with you! i want to be in on it.
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sure, johnny told her. if you insist.
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pete did not seem surprised or put out by cleo’s appearane. let’s go, he said. the boat is right over there.
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the little boat was unpainted and weatherbeaten, and was big enough for three people, maybe four.
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are, you sure it won’t sink? johnny asked.
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it has been sitting there in the water for years, pete said, and it hasn’t sunk, so it should be all right.
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they got in the boat, with pete taking the oars. johnny sat up front, with cleo between them.
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here we go, pete said, off to save the human race.
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and about time, cleo said.</font>
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<center><a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2019/10/bad-people-so-fast-part-5-headquarters.html"> <font color = "red">part 5: headquarters </font></a></center>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-20396215425094720262019-10-20T14:34:00.000-07:002019-10-31T08:02:01.746-07:00bad people so fast, part 3: give it a try<br>
<font color = "black"> by <font color = "purple"> bofa xesjum </font>
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based on an original story by <font color = "green">roger "pegleg" wlson</font>
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for previous episode, click <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2012/07/bad-people-so-fast-part-2-history-101.html"> <font color = "red""> here </font></a>
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<font color = "navy">everybody thought johnny was as tough as the last railroad spike in the last railrosd track that survived the last raid of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
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but he was really as soft as a bowl of cornflakes left out in the rain by miss muffet after cinderella’s birthday party.
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some called him johnny dark.
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some called him johnny midnight.
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some called him johnny no name.
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some called him johnny forever.
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some called him johnny till the cows come home.
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whoever he was, or whatever you called him, he was a soft touch and a stand up guy,
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always ready to help a pal.
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if he told a pal he would do something he would do it, at least as far as he could, within reason.
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so when cleo asked hm to track down the evil clowns who had been ruling the world for centuries, he said, all right, i’ll give it a try..
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who was cleo?
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just a dizzy dame that hung around, and that mostly was humored by people who knew her, even though she was crazier than a bat who escaped from hell and was locked up in a madhouse with a hundred firehouse rats.
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so - after telling cleo he would do what he could, johnny decided to check out things down by the docks. if that did not work out, he would try out on the outskirts of town.
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down by the docks johnny looked out across the dark river and saw the brightly lit tall buildings, as he dad seen them so many times before.
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was there somebody in those buildings, he wondered, in one of those brightly lit rooms who actually ruled the world?
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what did it mean, anyway, to “rule the world”?
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what did the rulers make people do differently, from what they would do if they were not being “ruled” by the “rulers”?
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he had asked cleo, but she had no answer, did not seem to think she needed one.
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the rulers were evil.
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they had to be taken down.
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time enough after they were taken down to worry about what they actually did.
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all right, johnny thought, where do i began.
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he decided to begin the way he began everything, by playing a hunch.
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he stared across the river at the lights.
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the seventh building from the left.
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four stories down from the top.
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the fourth window from the right.
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he would start there.
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no, brother, not there, a voice behind him said.
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johnny turned around. he saw a figure in the shadows.
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that was how he met <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2012/05/aware.html"><font color = "red">pete</font></a>.
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all right, if not there, where? johnny asked pete.
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try the fifth building from the right. six floors down, the first two windows on the left.
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johnny looked at the spot pete indicated.
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they are not even lit up, he said.
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you got it, pete answered.</font>
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rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-55991307042857208912019-10-15T08:33:00.000-07:002019-10-15T08:33:30.461-07:00dare not dream<br>
<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color = "navy">the ancients knew things of which we dare not dream.
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what?
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the ancients knew things of which we dare not dream.
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i think you have said that before.
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well, i am saying it again.
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mr francis fuss and mr rutherford budge said many things to each other over and over again.
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they had lived together for many years after the great collapse, in the old granger place out beyond the outskirts of town, which the grangers had abandoned after old silas granger had been tarred and feathered and strung up by an angry mob, who had held him personally responsible for the great worldwide collapse.
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despite being abandoned by the grangers, the water and the gas - though not the electricity - continued to run, though mr fuss and mr budge never paid any bills to keep them up.
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shortly after moving in, mr fuss and mr budge discovered an old trunk, buried under the old oak tree down by the old creek.
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it belonged to the notorious bank robber black sam sutcliff, who had been killed in a shootout outside laramie wyoming and never returned to claim it, and it was filled up with twenty dollar bills - for mr fuss and mr budge’s purposes, an inexhaustible supply.
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mr fuss and mr budge owned an old bicycle with a sidecar, and they took turns at the end of each month, riding the thirty miles into “town” - a few stores at a crossroads - to pete parker’s general store, to purchase a month’s worth of supplies - mostly candles, matches, flour for the endless pancakes they made, maple syrup, and bullets for the old firearm with which they hunted squirrels and other, mostly furry, small creatures.
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with anything left from the twenty, they might purchase one of old mother mccoy’s homemade apple or blueberry pies.
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things went on in this way for many years.
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one day a couple of rounders named frankie france and polly paris were passing through the town in their souped up studebaker and they stopped at pete parker’s store.
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they were relaxing and letting the studebaker’s engine cool down, and sitting in the rocking chairs beside the cracker barrel, drinking ice cold bottles of moxie from pete’s cooler, when mr fuss arrived on his bicycle and made the usual purchases.
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the two city slickers watched the proceedings with some amusement, though without saying anything, and when mr fuss had departed, frankie asked pete , what was that all about?
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oh, just a couple of harmless old fellers who live down the road apiece, one of them comes in every month for supplies, just as you saw. been coming here for years, regular as flowers in the springtime.
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where do they get their money,? poilly asked.
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pete was scandalized. folks in these parts mind their own business, missy.
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i’m sorry, polly quickly apologized. i didn’t mean no harm.
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pete just nodded, but frankie and polly exchanged a glance which said, here is something worth looking into.
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after paying for their gas and their moxies, frankie and polly made their way back to their car, and after trying one road and then another, saw mr fuss pedaling ahead of them down one of the roads.
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frankie pulled the studebaker over to the side of the road and they waited for night to completely fall.
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when they finally started up, they quickly came on what they were sure was the old house pete parker had been talking about.
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it was set well back from the road, but they could see dim lights - from candles - in a couple of the windows. if there was a road or path up to the house they couldn’t see it.
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they got out of the car and started across the rough ground.
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they came to the old creek.
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how do we get across this? polly asked.
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it don’t look that deep, frankie said. we’ll just get our feet wet.
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what frankie and polly did not suspect was that mr fuss and mr budge had been protected for years by an alligator named old zeke who lived in the creek - which was deeper than it looked - and zeke was very jealous of his territory.
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frankie had not gone five feet into the water before zeke grabbed hold of him and made short work of him.
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while zeke and frankie were thrashing about, polly managed to scramble to the other side, and ran up to the house, crying for help.
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mr fuss was almost deaf, but mr budge had excellent hearing, and hearing the maiden’s cries, came out on the front porch.
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help! my friend is being eaten by an alligator! polly shouted.
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probably no “being eaten” about it, mr budge replied. zeke doesn’t waste time.
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mr fuss had followed mr budge out on to the porch. and what were you and your friend doing out in the dark, young lady, eh? he asked polly.
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um - we were looking for mushrooms.
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ain’t no mushrooms in these parts, miss, at least none either man or critter could eat.
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i did not know that, sir. please, can i come in and dry off? and there has got to be a way back to the road and my car without meeting up with the alligator again. please tell me there is!
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mr fuss looked more closely at polly. i seen you before - you was in the general store , with a feller who looked like a carnival barker. he must have been the one got eaten by zeke.
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but why did he have to eat frankie? couldn’t he just give him a little bite, or just bark at him?
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alligators ain’t dogs, miss, mr fuss answered. they have their own ways.
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look here, mr budge told polly, you can come in and get dry and have a cup of coffee and then i will take you around back to the path by the old pear tree and you can get back to your car.
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oh thank you, sir, you are a real gentleman.
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they went inside. polly took her wet shoes off and mr budge lit a fire in one of the old fireplaces.
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mr fuss stared at polly at she sipped the hellishly hot coffee mr budge had brewed her, as if he had never seen a woman before in his life.
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the ancients knew things of which we dare not dream, mr fuss intoned.
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i am sure they did, polly managed to say.
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don’t pay him no mind, mr budge assured polly.
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later, when mr budge had escorted polly back to the studebaker, to which she fortunately had her own keys, as frankie’s were either on the creek or in zeke, polly asked him -
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what did your friend mean?
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about what?
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about ancients and dreams and such.
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hell if i know. he’s been saying it for forty years, and i got absolutely no idea what he’s talking about.</font>
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<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color = "navy">this is it - positively the last time
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i heard you the first time
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can you hear me now?
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i just woke up
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ah - you just woke up
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why do you torture me like this? you know i have no brain
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it’s lucky for you i have some compassion for your unfortunate condition
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night had fallen. the lamp burned low in the cabin.
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mike had been holding harry captive since they had busted out of the pen and holed up in the cabin.
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despite the danger that lurked everywhere, harry had wanted to make a run for it, but mike insisted on laying low.
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harry was getting desperate.
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pauline was waiting for him in thomasville, to drive him to veracruz.
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of all the guys he could have busted out of the pen with, mike was the worst.
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he had been going to go with johnny falcon - a standup guy.
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an unfortunate series of events had resulted in johnny’s being thrown in solitary just when everything was set up.
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harry had never expected such a thing.
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there was something about the whole thing that was screwy - that he just couldn’t understand.
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he had always been lucky, except when he was unlucky.
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mike was a dumb brute. but harry had asked him to replace johnny because he thought he could control him.
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right from the start harry felt something was wrong.
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but he still expected he could pull it off.
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in the first few minutes after they got over the wall he thought he was home free.
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and then just like that it all went wrong.
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he had forgotten all the stories he had heard around the campfire, all the movies he watched as a kid on late night tv.
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when the going gets tough, then you ain’t seen nothing yet.
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the boys in the back room always win.
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where was frank? where was the truck that was going to take them to thomasville?
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the night was a big blank nothing stretching as far as the eye could see.
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harry had never gotten a break in his life.
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you’re a natural - a natural loser, his daddy used to tell him, and his mama too.
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he quickly adjusted to his natural circumstances.
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except sometimes when he had a little too much to drink.
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sad - it was really sad. everybody said so.
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nothing changed as the years went by.
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then he met pauline.
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for no reason anybody could see, pauline was halfway nice to him.
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of all the pathetic bums in the world, pauline, who had a heart as cold as the best of them, took pity on harry.
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hard to figure, bur she just did.
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pauline worked two jobs - in dixie’s beauty salon by day, and as a waitress in big joe’s place at night.
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you could say she had a third job on the side - taking suckers for their hard earned money.
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pauline had always wanted a dog - but she was allergic to the poor beasts.
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harry could be likened to a sad puppy.
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in any event, he kindled some random spark of buried kindness in pauline.
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she gave him the time of day about once a week, and listened to his sad stories.
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but the time comes when the queen demands something of her most humble and loyal subjects - it is nature’s way.
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a guy named george was proving a pest to pauline. he even threatened to go to the police with a story of how she had cheated him - in a perfectly legit business proposition.
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it was time for harry to show a little gratitude for the nice way she treated him.
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it was the old story - the old army game.
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harry told pauline he was up for anything she wanted him to do.
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one dark night george got what was coming to him. pauline had an alibi as cast iron as a locked safe in the bottom of the mississippi river.
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harry, her knight in shining armor, did what he had to do.
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pauline was sincerely grateful.
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all he had to do was bust out of the pen and get to thomasville, and pauline would meet him and drive him to veracruz.
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you don’t need me to tell you how it ended.
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nobody ever makes it to veracruz.</font>
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</td></tr></table>rhodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10694315635082071848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-43449881211171923432019-10-07T18:10:00.000-07:002019-10-07T18:10:11.882-07:00my friend<br>
<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color = "navy">when adam got back to his apartment after working the midnight to 8 am shift, he found a handwritten note, on a small piece of paper, stuck under his door.
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the note read: i thought you were my friend.
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adam did not know anybody whom he thought might have written such a note. he had lots of friends, and he liked them, and they liked him. also, he did not think he knew anybody who would write anything on a piece of paper.
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he did not think he had seen a piece of paper since he had been in school.
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he assumed that the note had been placed under his door by mistake.
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it might have been meant for one of the persons occupying the apartments to the left and right of his.
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or for the apartment across the hall from his.
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or for the apartment directly above his, or directly below his.
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whoever left it, might have gotten into the wrong building, and meant it for the same apartment , on the same floor, on the buildings to the north and south of adam’s building, or for the building across the street.
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actually, if you stopped and thought about it, it could have been intended for any apartment, in any city, in the world.
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adam decided to forget about it.
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but after he had his breakfast shake and began doing his exercises, he realized he could not forget it.
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there was the sinister wording of the message.
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“i thought you were my friend.” how threatening was that?
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suppose the person writing the note actually abused or exploited or alienated or even assaulted - or even killed! - the intended recipient of the note!
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and suppose it came out that adam had know about the note and not reported it. not to mention how bad adam would feel about it.
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he decided he had better notify security.
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he sent a brief message.
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hello security. i found a threatening note under my door when i returned from work this morning. it was on a piece of paper. i think it was written by hand, but am not an expert on such matters. i am sure it was not intended for me, but thought i should report it. thank you.
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the response came right back from security.
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please provide the contents of the note.
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i thought you were my friend. that was all.
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again, the response was immediate. all the responses from security, except one, would be immediate.
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were the words “that was all” part of the note?
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no. the only words were “i thought you were my friend”.
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please provide a list of all your friends.
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i have a lot of friends, adam replied. and i do not think any of them left the note.
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please provide a list of all your friends.
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i have a lot of friends. i do not think any of them left the note.
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provide a list of all your friends. failure to do so will be a breach of security.
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adam now wished he had not reported the note. after some thought, he sent a list of all the people he could think of who might be called his friends, a total of 37 people.
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after a pause of two minutes, during which the message “stay on line” kept blinking, security responded.
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22 of the people cited acknowledged you as a friend. this is 59.5 percent and below the acceptable limit. your security is revoked. please gather any belongings you wish to take with you and report immediately to the security station of your building complex. the items will be scanned, and any that are acceptable you nat retain when you are escorted out of the security area.
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adam knew there was no appeal. how he wished he had simply ignored the note! he took his teddy bear, a bag with extra clothing, his school yearbook, and a couple of old coins he had won in card games, and sadly made his way down the elevator and through the ground level tunnels to the security station.
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a security checkpoint was waiting for him, and flashing,, when he arrived. it passed the teddy bear and the bag of clothing but not the school yearbook or the coins.
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adam was escorted to the door of the security area by a human guard.
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any questions? the guard asked in a friendly enough manner.
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adam shook his head.
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the guard unlocked the door and watched as adam, with his clothes under one arm and his teddy bear under the other, headed down the street in a drizzling rain into the great lawless city.
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the guard shook his head. “he won’t last long,“ he muttered as he closed and relocked the door.
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later that day, alex, accompanied by lee, arrived at adam’s old apartment to take it over.
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that worked out well, lee said.
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yes it did, alex agreed, dropping a suitcase inside the door.
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now do i get my reward? lee asked.
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you know, alex replied, i was going to keep my end of the bargain, but now… i am sorry, you are just too unattractive.
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i understand, lee replied. he had no way to make alex keep the bargain.
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good-bye, alex said.
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goodbye. lee said.
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lee made his way back to his own apartment.
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when he opened the door, he found a note that had been slipped under it.
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the note read: you do not know who you are dealing with.</font>
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</td></tr></table>bofahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938648023389318291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994215245713885287.post-43412925098883528752019-10-06T07:08:00.001-07:002019-10-06T07:08:38.396-07:00two thousand pounds, part 3<br>
<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color= "black"> part <font color = "red">three</font> of three
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to read part two, click <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2019/10/two-thousand-pounds-part-2.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a>
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to read part one, click <a href = "https://vegetableslicer.blogspot.com/2019/10/two-thousand-pounds-part-1.html"><font color = "blue"> here</font></a></font>
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<font color = "navy">mrs meadows and her cat lived in a cottage down a crooked lane off the high road.
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it was after midnight when the vicar, armed with a stout stick and a sack in which to hopefully capture the cat, ventured down the crooked lane. there was no moon, but there were tall trees coming together over his head, and in the darkness he could barely keep to the path.
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suddenly the cottage was in front of him. there were no lights, as he had expected and hoped.
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should he knock? he thought not. best to simply try the front door first. yes, that was a good plan.
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feeling foolish, he crept to the front door. what is the point of “creeping” ? he wondered. in the unlikely event that there is anybody in the vicinity to see me, they will either see me or not.
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stealthily he tried the knob of the cottage’s front door. yes, “stealthily”, he thought, how else would i turn it?
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suddenly the vicar wondered, is this all worth it? just to restore the stained glass windows in the chapel into which a soul hardly ventures any more.
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but he was captive to forces beyond his control, and in for a penny, in for a pound.
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he turned the knob. the door opened, silently!
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so far, so good. except that he could not see a thing in the dark interior of the cottage.
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but he heard something.
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a hiss - the hissing of a cat!
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and there were the cat’s yellow eyes on the ground in front of him.
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in a single motion he reached for the cat and seized it and stuffed it into his sack! the beast had been fatter and heavier than he had imagined it would be, but offered no resistance except a slight increase in his hissing. it had not even tried to scratch him.
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quickly closing the door behind him, the vicar slung the sack with the cat in it over his shoulder and hurried back up the lane.
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but he had not gone thirty meters when he heard a voice behind him…
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“reverend, reverend sir, you forgot something…”
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the vicar turned and to his amazement saw old mrs meadows stumping up the road to him on her cane!
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with no thought of escaping, he could only say, “why , good evening, mrs meadows, whatever could i have forgotten?”
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the old woman came up to him and held something out to him. an envelope.
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“why, what can this be?’ the vicar asked.
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“it is your instructions from lady molly as to your third task.”
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“of course, of course.”
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“you can give jeffrey back to me now,” mrs meadows said.
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“jeffrey?”
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“the cat. you accomplished lady molly’s second task by kidnapping him. so now you can give him back to me.”
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“oh, yes, of course.” the vicar handed the sack with the cat in it to mrs meadows. he took the envelope from her and extracted a piece of paper from it.
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“i am afraid i can’t read this,” he told mrs meadows. “it’s too dark.”
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“the light will be better on the high road,” he told him. she slung the sack over her shoulder and turned to go. “good night, reverend.”
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“good night. i hope jeffrey was not too inconvenienced by his little adventure.”
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“oh, no, we were both expecting it.” and with that mrs meadows headed back to her cottage.
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when the vicar made it back to the high road he took the piece of paper with lady moly’s instructions back out of his pocket.
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but a sudden wind came along and blew it out of his hand and down the road.
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the vicar never did accomplish his third task, or know what it was.
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a week later, more unpleasantness broke out in the district, and a gang of thugs completely destroyed the chapel and smashed the stained glass windows to pieces.
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years later, a couple of children were playing in the ruins of the chapel, and they found the piece of paper which had been blown out of the vicar’s hand, but the words on it had been worn away.</font>
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<font color = "purple"> by bofa xesjum</font>
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<font color= "black"> part <font color = "red">two</font> of three
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<font color = "navy">“listen carefully,” lady molly instructed the vicar, as night fell on “the meadows”.
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“i am listening, “ the vicar assured her.
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“your first task will be to steal the thug from major marston’s lawn.”
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the vicar was shocked. “but the major loves that thug! it has been in his family, and on his lawn, for generations.”
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“do you want your two thousand pounds, or do you not?” lady molly demanded.
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“please go on,” the vicar replied hastily.
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“steal the thug from the lawn, and bring it to me. i do not expect you will meet any difficulties, for the major, as you know, has fallen into the most desperate poverty, like so many in these troubled times. he stays in his room reading regimental histories, and has no household staff to speak of.”
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the vicar nodded. “and the second task?”
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“perform this one first.”
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the vicar resignedly made his way to “the croppers”, the sadly neglected marston home.
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there was no sign of life, except for a lone light in an upper story, no doubt the major, as lady molly had indicated, poring over a regimental history, or a novel by surtees or whyte-melville.
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the vicar found the thug on the lawn where it had always been.
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though he had passed it by thousands of times, he had never really looked at it before.
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what a nasty little thing! it was an effigy, about a foot tall and crudely carved in wood, of an evilly-grinning turbaned and knife-brandishing “thug” - i e, a member of the murderous secret society which had disturbed the peace of the raj in the long ago days of britain’s glory.
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with a shudder the vicar plucked the little thing easily enough from the lawn - which he could not help noticing was running to seed - placed it in a sack he had brought for the purpose, and hastily returned to lady molly’s.
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lady molly was waiting for him. she took a quick look in the sack, and murmured a not very convincing “well done”.
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“and my second task?” the vicar asked , hoping it would prove no more difficult than the first.
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“you are to steal mrs meadows’s black cat.”
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“steal mrs meadows’s cat! but - mrs meadows does not leave the cat on the lawn at night! it is old, like herself, and hardly leaves the house. why, it may be dead for all we know.”
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“rest assured that the cat is alive. mrs meadows herself is barely alive, and sleeps twenty hours a day. she, too, has been affected by the difficult times, and has one old servant who is almost as comatose as she is. you should have no problems.”
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“but - but - how am i to gain entry to the house?” the vicar protested.
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“do what you have to do, as they say in the american films,” lady molly replied evenly.
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“but - does the cat have to be - does have to be - “
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“does it have to be alive, is that what you are trying to say? yes, i would prefer that it be alive.”
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the vicar sighed. “then i may as well be going, and getting on with it.”
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<font color = "navy">the vicar felt only a slight trepidation as he approached “the meadows”.
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“the meadows” was the stately ancestral home of lord mollifield, and his charming wife lady mollifield. lady mollifield was known far and wide and beloved by the nickname “lady molly”, though perhaps not quite so beloved or known so widely as she and her faithful admirers, such as the vicar, liked to believe.
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the vicar was calling on lady molly to ask her to make a donation toward restoring one of the stained glass windows in the chapel, which had been damaged during some of the recent unpleasantness.
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dusk was falling, and bats flying around the branches of the great beech tree in front of the main house.
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lady molly was holding court on the verandah, as she did almost every evening when the weather permitted it.
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the vicar was admitted to her presence without ceremony, and, there being no other petitioners or acolytes present, took his comfortable seat on her right hand.
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the vicar was asked as a matter of form if he would like a cup of tea and a biscuit, and he indicated that it would be his pleasure.
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“so, what is it to be this time, reverend?“ lady molly asked when the vicar was settled. “have you come to give me some money?” this was one of lady molly’s recurring little jokes, and the vicar chuckled and played along.
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“no,” the vicar smiled. “i thought this time around you could give me a small sum. for a good cause, of course.”
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“you don’t say so? and what is the good cause this time?”
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the vicar knew that lady molly liked him to get right to the point at this stage. “to restore the stained glass windows at the chapel. especially the one of st wenceslas and little red riding hood ascending to heaven as the big bad wolf howls at them. as you know, they were seriously damaged during the recent - unfortunate events.”
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“the peasants uprising, you mean,” lady molly replied. “and how much do you expect from me?”
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at this point a maid arrived with the vicar’s tea and biscuit, and he waited until she had departed before answering.
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“i thought two thousand pounds would be a reasonable sum.”
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“two thousand pounds! my dear vicar, you can not be serious.” lady molly seemed genuinely surprised, not just playing her usual game. “what world are you living in? do you not keep up wth the news?”
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it was the vicar’s turn to be genuinely confused. “but - surely the recent unpleasantness is over, and life can be resumed as before - has, in fact been resumed as before, has it not? all due to the splendid efforts of general watson-tyler, the glory of whose victories will ring forever down the centuries.”
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“yes, that is all very well, but if you were paying attention you might notice that the world - and the <i>funds</i>, the <i>funds</i>, my dear friend, are still jumping around like jackrabbits.”
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“why, in places like america and atlantis perhaps, but not here in little wiggery! in litte wiggery, all is back to normal, as it always has been and always will be. the miller will grind his grain, the smith will shoe his mare, the sheep will munch his blade of grass, the innkeeper will pour his glass. the sexton will pass the plate, and - the lady of the manor will keep up the plate glass window, eh?”
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lady molly laughed. “very good, vicar, very good. tell me, how do you like your biscuit?”
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“why - it’s quite tasty, as always.”
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“i am glad to hear it, especially as it was baked in, and imported from, the new empire of gondwanaland.”
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“be that as it may, i found no fault with it,” the vicar replied. he then fell silent, appearing to be at a loss for words.
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lady molly leaned back in her comfortable chair. “look here, my friend, do you really want two thousand pounds?”
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“i most certainly do.”
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“then i have a way for you get them. but you will have to earn them.”
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the vicar repressed a sigh. “if that is what it takes. what would you have me do?”
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“i have three tasks for you. carry them out successfully, and you will have your two thousand pounds, for your stained glass windows, or for anything else you wish. now, listen carefully…”</font>
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