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The Red Well-Read Reader

Story 297

Joyce

Joyce was the choir's choice

To sing solo in her sweet so•pra•no voice –

And she sang so sweetly that her hymn

Made the cher•u•bim

In heaven . . .

Rejoice

Story 298

Not to Be Foiled

Thanksgiving dinner was a thankless toil. The

potatoes had to be cleaned of soil, the turkey

wrapped in a•lu•mi•num foil, the salad mixed

with vinegar and olive oil, and the gobbler put
into the oven to broil.

Minutes after Miss Doyle put the potatoes in water to

boil, we discovered that our dinner plans would spoil

because her oven had a broken heating coil.

Nevertheless, not a single guest minded the turmoil

nor was the least bit roiled, for we all went to

McDonald's and ate McChicken sandwiches royal.

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