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 “You know it has to be summer,” said Dud, “when
you see lizards carrying canteens.”
There were nods of agreement going on around the round table at the
Mule Barn coffee shop.
“Puts me in mind,” said Herb, “of that summer back in ’74. You
remember that one?”
Everyone but Dud nodded. In 1974, Dud wasn’t yet a twinkle of his
parents’ eyes.
“Fried an egg on the hood of Doc’s car, we did,” said Herb,
grinning. “Sunny side up, right, Doc?”
“That’s right,” Doc said, “but I wish you had asked me first. See,
you boys didn’t put any grease on the hood and I thought I’d never
get all that egg off.”
“Didn’t taste so pretty good either,” said Steve. “Herb forgot the
salt, and it just … well, it just didn’t taste much like an egg.
Tasted like someone fried it up on a car hood. But I sure do
remember it being hot that day.”
“How hot was it, Steve?” asked Dud.
“’Bout a hundred forty I’ll bet,” said our resident working cowboy
with the walrus moustache. “Never been that
hot here,” said Dud.
“Talkin’ ‘bout the hood of that car,” Steve said. [to top of second
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In this group, the first liar
doesn’t stand a chance.
“For me,” Herb said, “I’ll never forget when it got so hot that
little kids dressed up like fire hydrants and sat still, hoping a
dog’d come by.”
[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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