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Story 115

                                                  Steamed

               The early morning sun rose finding Rasheem sitting upon a wooden


               beam.  As water for coffee began to steam, he heard a loud scream !

               He wondered, was Shahkeem having a bad dream ?  No!  While washing,


               she had fallen into a stream.



               This made him laugh and laugh until he nearly burst at the seam. But


               to Shahkeem it didn’t seem like such a scream. She thought he was


               mean and said, “Rasheem, this seems like the end of our marriage

               dream.”






              Story 116


                                      The Wrong Theme


               Eileen declared, “Writing a theme seems a bit extreme. My effort

               would need be supreme. First, I would have to devise a scheme. Then

               da dat, da dat, da dat. Soon problems would teem, my brain would

               steam, and I would likely scream.


               So instead of writing a difficult theme, I think I’ll hum my carefree

               theme, fishing for bream in a mountain stream.”


               Ironic as it does seem, Eileen, who previously didn’t deem highly of

               academe, got an “F,” which devastated her self-esteem!
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