Pappy and the free hand-outs E-Book

Stanley Mcqueen

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

Martin Bishop is a corn farmer and he is tired of working his fingers to the bone while other men draws checks from the government for being diagnosed crazy. While Martin is plowing his corn field Crazy men are fishing and having a grand old time. Martin thinks it's high time that he goes off his rocker , so he can get on the free handouts like many of the hill folks men are doing. Will Martin get his crazy check or will something real strange happen?

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Stanley Mcqueen

Pappy and the free hand-outs

Short Muddy Fork story

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One

Yup.  It pays to be dumber than a bag of hammers when it comes to freebies from the government," replied Pa, looking up at Mammy as she passed him a plate of biscuits. 

"That Jasper Collins has never done a day of work since I've known him," Pa went on.  "He lives off handouts from the government and fishes the river while other men are working their hind ends off in their corn fields. It just ain't fair. Some men have to work like dogs, while others fish and hunt and sit on their rear ends all day.  How do crazy men like that inspire their young uns?" Pa asked. 

"Jasper and Molly have ten children – five gals and five boys.  I recall his sorry old pappy was the same way he is.  He never did get no book learning and drew a check every month to raise twelve brats on.  They grew up and got on the draw too.  How did he get all those brats if he is as crazy as he claims," Pa kept asking.

Pa took a bite of his food and mused for a while.  Looking around the table, he said, "Jasper's woman is the worst looking woman I've ever laid eyes on.  Not only that, she can't speak a word without swearing like a sailor.  She's taught them brats to cuss like grown men.  By the age of ten, most of them have learned every cuss word known to mankind.  It's a shame young folk is raised to get on the draw, but I guess it runs in the family to play dumb and live off the fat of the land," he muttered morosely.