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Monday, January 11, 2021

september 29, 1946


by nick nelson



johnny allen liked apple pie, and picking apples.

betty bradley like to pick blueberries, but dd not much like to bake blueberry pies, or any kind of pie.

cecelia carter liked to look out the window at the passing scene, but the scene did not pass as much as it used to.

dave davis was one of the last of the old time door to door salesmen.

ed smith was a wandering hobo. he claimed he was looking for work.

sheriff fred brown had his work cut out for him.

george washington was the first president of the united states.

how was anybody to know that herb howland was not who he said he was?

irene jenkins was the town tramp.

joyce jefferson was married to no good tim jefferson, had six children, and wrote poetry in her spare time.

ken harris had been in love with joyce madison in high school, and hated to see her married to tim jefferson.

abraham lincoln wrote the gettysburg address on a piece of paper.

a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.

nick norris ran out of gas just outside the state line of nebraska.

o say can you see by that rocket’s red glare?

st peter had his hands full on that terrible day.

it was quiet out in the graveyard.

the rain began to fall.

since you’ve been gone, the sparrows never come around to the bird feeder.

take a minute, son, take just a minute to think about what you are doing here.

rita underwood, “miss underwood” to generations of algebra students, had a funny feeling when she woke up from her nap.

general robert e lee would have approved of this fine virginia ham.

the wind began to howl.

excuse me, sir, are you from around these parts?

yellow. i say you’re yellow.

a rabbit zipped across the road, followed by a -



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