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                                                                                                      Story 299
                                                    Hard-earned Coins
                                     In summer a bricklayer might wear a terry cloth around
                                     his loins, pinned together where one fold with another
                                     conjoins.

On corners where one row of bricks and another adjoin, he alone must place a
cornerstone called a quoin. Now the heavy quoin might pull a muscle in his groin,
but Local # 1 of Des Moines – the union which he'd like to join – insists this be
how he earn his coin.

                                                                                                      Story 300
                                                           Girls and Their Toys
                                           It's a well-known fact that little girls love little
                                           boys. Playing with boys is one of their favorite
                                           joys. But if little girls make too much noise when
                                           bothering little boys, their mothers may lose their
                                         poise and make their daughters play with "other
                                            toys."

                                                                     Story 301

                                 Dad Rejoiced
Upon lazy Roy a job was foist, irrespective of the complaint he had
voiced. He was made run a construction hoist, and to carry many a
fifty-pound joist. Roy was sad, but his dad was glad and he
rejoiced !

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