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The Red Well-Read Reader

Story 302

Back to the Scrub

Momma Bear and Pappa Bear wanted to join the Chicago
Cubs Baseball Club. And so they did! However, in every
game their team got drubbed. Thus, it wasn’t long before
they found themselves benched, dubbed scrubs.

Having their hopes for stardom snubbed, Pappa Bear said to Momma Bear,
“Let’s return to the wild scrub.” And so they did! There their life was much
easier for•ag•ing for grub.

Story 303
To Earn a Buck

To earn a buck:
A farmer needs to wallow in muck and sell
corn in the shuck from the back of his truck.

A hunter needs patience to hunt the fleet-footed buck
and the canvasback duck.

A pitcher needs to develop a fast chuck; and a hockey player,
the skill to handle the puck.

Hence, anyone can earn a buck provided he has pluck
and drive to be other than a lazy cluck.

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