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  Jack and his relations were poor. Often their hash table was bare....
• Long ago, in a finite state far away, there lived a JOVIAL character named Jack.
  Jack and his relations were poor. Often their hash table was bare....
• I'm going to die". (...) "I shall manage. Don't you worry about me," Jack said between clenched teeth.
  Joy shook her head. "I think it can be better than that....
• He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her.
  But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them....
• He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her.
  But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, "Dust to dust," some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them....
• I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside.
  I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said....
• Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a mysterious old stranger.
  He said he was about to die and wanted to tell someone about the treasure....
• Rogers: "Did you have any other children?" Beverly
  My husband died a number of years ago, Wes was our only child....