Word: wet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Every Day Counts. In 40 years of teaching, Morgan was never ill a single day. (He suffered a coronary attack two years ago, calmly lugged wet wash up from the basement while awaiting the doctor.) Friends know him as the sort of house guest who ends up painting the house before the weekend is over. When his telephone misbehaved, he spent days digging up the backyard to find a faulty line for the repair crew...
...past: "The closest call I've ever knowed, I shot a bear at close range that was tearin' at the dogs. The bear he jumped up and leaped right at me. I shot him in the air and jumped sideways, fallin' full length on wet leaves. The bear flopped down just exactly where I was at before I leaped aside. Shot clean through the head, but still had some fight left. For a few moments, there we was, lyin' side by side, I and the bear, but not peaceful-like, him thrashin' around until...