Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...lotus seeds had proved that they are 1,000 years old, give or take a couple of centuries. This is nothing like 50,000 years, but it makes the seeds the oldest of any species that have yet been known to sprout after such a long sleep...
Gambit: Yes, yes, yes. I do love you. Now go to sleep...
Gambit: Yes, yes, yes. I do love you. Now go to sleep...
...president of a sunshine factory. I wear hand-me-downs, and eat of the spirit, and I'm so happy I don't want to go to bed nights." One night last week, after a five-week illness, the Rev. James Jefferson Davis Hall, 86, went to sleep for the last time. He had told friends the epitaph he wanted on his headstone: "I preached not what they wanted but what they needed, and I found it easy to be a Christian." His text will be followed exactly. Meanwhile, the phone at Circle 6-6483 is still ringing...
...happy coincidence, this mixture perfectly conveys the flavor of Shulman's humor. Readers whose palates were tickled by Shulman's previous concoctions (Barefoot Boy with Cheek, Sleep Till Noon) will find these stories just about as pleasant to swallow as anything he has written. People who have never tried Shulman might be well advised to test themselves first with a Varsity Voom...