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 Dud
was heading home in his pickup truck when he saw the strange
goings-on at the Bahdziewicz place. Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz was
out in the family’s large garden with a full complement of kids who
were happily hopping around. Some of the kids came from the
neighborhood, but most of them were homegrown Bahdziewicz kids.
The Bahdziewicz family had a great garden, and went at the whole
thing scientifically and in great fun, because this is one family
that runs short on cash but long on kids.
Dud pulled over and watched for a minute as Abe laughingly directed
the family dancers doing the vegetable boogie through the various
rows of the huge garden.
“What’s going on, Abe?” yelled Dud.
“Squash bug stomping time,” Abe said, turning over another board
lying next to the vegetables. As soon as the board was flipped over,
a plethora of Bahdziewicz kids stomped the bugs flat. “It’s the
kids’ favorite time in the garden.”
The third-grader, John Kennedy Bahdziewicz, said, “Flip another
board, Dad.”
“Hold it!” Dud yelled. “Not another move until I get back, okay?
I’ll be back here in five minutes. Five minutes!”
Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz looked at his oldest son, Woodrow Wilson
Bahdziewicz and they both shrugged. The rest of the family stopped,
too. Dud peeled out in the pickup and was back in less than two
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“Okay,” Dud yelled. “Let’s do
the squash bug stomp the right way!”
And he strapped on his accordion and fired up a grand polka as
boards were flipped over and the exposed squash bugs were dispatched
in record polka time.
Sometimes just living here can be an awful lot of fun.
[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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