HOW SO STORIES, UPDATED
You all remember How The Elephant Got Its Trunk and that genre of stories: Here’s an update, of sorts. Traveling west by covered wagon, a group got caught in a blizzard in the mountains. One man told his best friend, “I ain’t gonna make it, Joe.” “Sure you are, Al.” “No, Joe, I ain’t. So I want you to promise me something.” “Anything, Al.” “Promise me that when you and little Joe get there you’ll name a town after me.” “Sure, Al.” At this he turned to Little Joe and he said, “Little Joe, will you remind your pa to name a town after me?” And Little Joe replied, “I promise, Mr. Buquerque.” Tommy La Sorda, as quoted in Me and DiMaggio by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (Simon & Schuster).
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