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<DIV>Below is pasted Kates submission. I thought it was posted on the
group line. My mistake. With Kate's permission, here it is.</DIV>
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<DIV>Leonard</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">e</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Here's another section from my
on-going collection of stories. How did the format come through for
you?<BR><BR>Note new e-mail address.<BR>Kate <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Grandma Grace! Grandma Grace! Tell us a story, ple-e-ease," my three
grandchildren begged as I sat in my favorite wicker rocker. They sat themselves
next to my old guide dog<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>at
my feet on the old farm house porch.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Well, when I was your age," I began, "Our family went to a camp each
summer."</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Were
you blind then?" asked Liam, who got the thick curly brown hair from Granddad
Ken.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Yes," I answered, "but, I've never let that get in my
way."</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"One
evening, I wanted to make my own s'more, just like the other kids did," I
continued. "My mother said I couldn't do it."</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Yes,
I can," I said and proceeded to show her.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I
felt the lines on the graham cracker and pushed. The graham cracker crumbled.
After several crumbled crackers, I broke one along the lines and set it on the
log we used for a bench.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“The
chocolate candy bar was easy to unwrap. It was hard to break the candy, but I
got it right on the first try!"</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Yea,
Grandma Grace," Paulette cheered, bouncing her blonde pig tails up and
down.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I
set one of the chocolate pieces on the graham cracker that was on the log.
Carefully, I put one marshmallow on a prong of my long handled
fork.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The
marshmallow fell off before I got it over the fire."</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Aw,
Grandma," blonde, blue-eyed Gracie sighed. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I
jammed the second marshmallow onto the prong and held it over the fire. After a
long time, I felt the marshmallow. It was still cold.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I
put it back over the fire, lower this time. Poof! It went up in flames and
smelled charred. I pulled out the fork. The marshmallow fell into the
fire."</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Oh,
no," Liam moaned.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I
needed something to hold my fork up at the right height, so, I found a notched
stick and poked it into the ground near the fire. The marshmallow toasted up
quite nicely. I carried it back to the log. Turned around and, having forgotten
what was on the log,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>sat on my
graham cracker and chocolate. It crumbled and fell into the dirt when I quickly
stood up."</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Grandma!" they all yelled in sympathy.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Well, I ate that marshmallow plain. I needed something to hold my graham
cracker and chocolate, so I found the old, iron skillet my mother used. I put a
new graham cracker and chocolate into it for safe
keeping.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"I
placed the skillet next to the notched stick as I roasted another marshmallow.
My marshmallow was, of course, perfect this time. I put it on top of the
chocolate.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Holding the marshmallow down with the top piece of the graham cracker, I
slowly pulled my fork out. The center of the marshmallow stayed on the fork.
When it was cool, I pinched it off and ate the sticky
part."</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Yum!"<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Paulette
said.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-hyphenate: none; tab-stops: -.5in"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"There's nothing better than a gooey sticky s'more with melted chocolate
dripping all around. I ate the whole mess and several more,
too!"</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>"Grandma Grace," Gracie asked, "Would you make s'mores for us,
please?"</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sure," I
said stretching and waking up my old guide dog, "but, these days I use a
microwave!"</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>