Wednesday, September 7, 2011

"Sweepy" and the Band-Aids (Part Two)

  "Well kids, if Imma gonna tell this story right, Imma gonna have to start from the beginnin' " said old Sweepy the janitor to his favorite middle schoolers, Ritchie Marcus and Jimmy Henderson. "It all started on April 22, 1969. It was a particularly misty day in Vietnam...

VIETNAM, 1969

  "Corporal Hoover!" yelled Sergeant Tank Daily. "W-w-what is it Sarge?!" Corporal Dusty Hoover cried back in terror. "There ain't anymore o' them g-dern mines out there, is there Sarge??" "For Pete sake man, get a hold of yourself! We're at base camp you gibbering, namby-pamby, lily-livered, Tennessee hick! The reason I hollered for you is that you've got a care package from home. Something's rattling inside, must be something good..."

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