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 We almost believed we had a crime wave going on,
which perplexed us all, especially since it’s Christmas and all.
It all began when old man Ortega’s rooster disappeared. He reported
it to the police, too, who thought this neighborhood alarm clock
finally met with a dissatisfied customer who was now gleefully
making dumplings.
The police said as much to Ortega, and the old man wanted to know
what the police were going to do about it. Well, since it had been
almost a week since they’d had a complaint come in, the chief sent
young Glen around the neighborhood asking chicken questions.
Everyone denied ending ol’ Doodle’s career … when they finished
laughing. Old man Ortega got a copy of the report.
Ortega had his suspicions, of course. There was one neighbor lady
who had once complained about the rooster to Ortega, and he had
defended to her very face his rooster’s right to crow. She then
asked if he couldn’t get ol’ Doodles operated on, like they do to
dogs, and get his doodler clipped so he’d be singing blanks, as it
were.
Ortega hotly replied that anyone who would deliberately maim an
American rooster would steal sheep. Later on, he apologized and
offered to buy her some ear plugs. She passed on the ear plug offer,
but poured him a cup of coffee and that seemed to be that. [to top of second
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But still, ol’ Doodles was gone,
and there was no denying that. We finally put two and two together
when another neighbor caught a coyote going over the fence with one
of his hens, but we always wondered about that doodler-snipping
operation. We’ll have to ask Doc about it.
[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. |
