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 It was Doc who noticed it first. He’s trained to
be observant, of course.
“Dudley, me lad,” said Doc, “are you on a diet?”
Dud, whose body would fall into the “just right” category, shook his
head. “Not me, Doc. Why do you ask?”
“Every day, for years, you put sugar in your coffee. You didn’t this
morning.”
Dud straightened himself up grandly and turned to his rapt audience.
“I discovered something about myself, Doc. Yes, in looking over my
life, I’ve come to a conclusion.
“It all began right after Anita and I were married,” Dud said. “One
morning she came up and whispered to me that my life would be
greatly enriched if I were to remove that dead tree in the back
yard.
“Then she made me my favorite breakfast one morning, French toast
with sourdough bread, and she sat in my lap and said if that sagging
post on the porch were to be replaced, it just might cause extreme
happiness to burst forth upon our stage.”
“Is there a point to this?” Steve asked.
Dud sipped his coffee and grinned.
“So last month, she came up behind me and put her arms around my
neck and started feminine-wiling me and asked if I’d get my pickup
painted so she wouldn’t be embarrassed when she rode with me.” [to top of second
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“Dud,” said Doc, “I can see your
truck isn’t painted, and I drove by the other day and your porch
post still leans, and I thought I noticed that dead tree still out
in your back yard.”
“You’re right, Doc. That was my big discovery and why I no longer
put sugar in my coffee.”
The others stared at Dud.
Dud just grinned. “I found out I’m sucrose intolerant.”
[Text from file received from
Slim Randles]
Ol' Jimmy Dollar
is Slim Randles' first children's book. The book is for kids
K-3rd grades and is even better when parents read it with children.
Ol' Jimmy Dollar makes for sweet dreams and if you have a dog
even better. Available now on Amazon.
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