Texas-Sized Surprise
A blind man, let’s call him Bartholomew, had always dreamed of visiting Texas. He’d heard tales of vast landscapes, enormous steaks, and exceptionally friendly people (the kind that will offer …
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Wedding Math
A little boy, Timmy, was attending his first wedding. He’d spent the ceremony mostly fascinated by the sparkly shoes of the flower girl and the surprisingly loud snoring emanating from …
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Foxy Grapes
One afternoon, a fox named Finley was strolling through the forest, his tail held high like a fluffy question mark. He was feeling rather parched after a vigorous game of …
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Grandma’s Missing What?!
A 5-year-old boy, Timmy, was visiting his Grandma Rose. While Grandma was busy dusting her antique furniture (which, let’s be honest, probably hadn’t seen a duster since the Nixon administration), …
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Highway 277 Hold-Up
Marty the juggler, a man whose life was a carefully orchestrated cascade of spinning plates (both literally and metaphorically), was cruising down Highway 277 in Texas, humming along to a …
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Chief Sitting Bull’s Sticky Situation
Every time a member of the Great Plains tribe entered Chief Sitting Bull’s teepee, they found him in a…compromising position. Let’s just say his hands were busier than a beaver …
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Crazy for Freedom
A man, let’s call him Bartholomew Buttercup (because who wouldn’t want a name like that?), had been a resident of the “Sunny Meadows Restorative Retreat” (formerly known as the “Slightly …
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The Shaving Surprise
Bartholomew “Barty” Butterfield III, Esq., a lawyer whose self-importance rivaled only his collection of antique snuff boxes, settled into the barber chair. He adjusted his silk tie, a peacock-blue monstrosity …
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Little Tim’s Big Secret
Little Tim was in the garden, industriously filling in a rather large hole with a tiny shovel. His brow was furrowed in concentration, his tongue poked out the side of …
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Alaskan Landing
Wyatt, a communications inspector with a resume longer on paperwork than practical experience, found himself strapped into a tiny plane, buffeted about like a ping-pong ball in a hurricane. His …
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