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Clips from My Dog Skip

"Memory is a funny thing."
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"Recollections slip in and out and around in time..."
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"...leaving plenty of room to weave and backtrack..."
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"...and drift and glide."
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"In my life, I've found that..."
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"...memories of the spirit linger and sweeten..."
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"...long after memories of the brain have faded."
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"My fondest memories are of my childhood days..."
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"...back in Yazoo, Mississippi."
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"I can still see the town now."
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"Ten thousand souls, and nothing doing."
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"Where the old men sat drowsily in straw-bottom chairs..."
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"... watching the big cars with out-of-state plates whip by."
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"Drivers hardly knowing..."
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"...and certainly not caring what place this was."
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"There was a war going on then."
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"And it touched our lives every day."
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"War, President Roosevelt reminded us..."
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"...required everybody to make sacrifices. And boy, we did."
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"The cotton grew tall that year, the summer of 1942..."
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"...but I sure didn't."
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"Matter of fact, I stayed so small and puny..."
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"...l was a target for the neighborhood bullies."
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"Fortunately, I lived next door to Dink Jenkins..."
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"... Yazoo's best athlete and favorite son."
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"Dink?"
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"Where do you think they'll send you?"
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"Probably Fort Benning for basic, then overseas, I reckon."
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"How long will you be gone?"
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"That's hard to say."
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"If you're not home, who will show me how to throw a curve ball?"
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"You promised to show me."
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"Partner, you're gonna do just fine."
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"While I'm gone, you'll make friends your own age..."
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"...and who knows, you might even meet a girl."
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"Will!"
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"Suppertime!"
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"This was a time of large families."
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"Four or five kids, sometimes more."
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"So needless to say, ours was already unusual..."
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"... what with me being the only child."
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"My mother was lively and talkative."
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"Certainly didn't fit the housewife mold."
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"And my daddy...."
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"Well, my daddy was stern and overbearing."
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"He was a war veteran and had lost his leg in battle."
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"And from most accounts, it changed him."
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"Sometimes it seemed that along with that leg..."
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"...he'd also lost a piece of his heart."
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"You know l.C.? Colored fellow at the service station?"
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"Sure."
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"-His son came back from Europe today. -Wonderful."
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"In a box."
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"Somebody around here's gonna be having a birthday pretty soon."
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"You been thinking about how you want to celebrate?"
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"A party maybe?"
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"Will, your mother asked you a question."
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"Stop. You're lucky to have that food, with the rationing."
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"Would you like a party?"
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"I guess."
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"I picked these up today at Carr's drugstore."
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"Invitations?"
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"You can't very well have a party without guests, now can you?"
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"After supper, you fill them out and give them to your friends tomorrow."
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"Like who?"
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"What about John Abner?"
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"He's 5. He still wets his pants."
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"There are plenty of children who would love to attend your party."
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"Your mother went to a lot of trouble to get invitations."
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"And you will fill them out."
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"Can I be excused?"
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"Yes, you may."
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"Don't forget your invitations."
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"What are we gonna do?"
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"He's gonna be so lonely without Dink."
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"Maybe we should reconsider what we talked about before."
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"Absolutely not. We've been over this already."
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"It is not a good idea. Not for Will, not now."
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"He is still too young."
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"-Y'all be careful. -All right, we will!"
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"Hey, you wait for us!"
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"Smile."
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"You take care, you hear?"
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"Come on, Jenkins!"
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"Can't keep old Adolf a-waitin' !"
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"Fellas, y'all want to come?"
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"We was wondering... ."
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"We wanted you to sign our football."
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"You know, as a souvenir."
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"All right."
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"Beside Slingin' Sammy Baugh."
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"His name came with the ball."
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"This might be a little soon, don't you think?"
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"I ain't even played college ball yet."
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"Jenkins, come on. Let's go!"
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"-Thanks, Dink. -Let me see!"
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"Willie-boy, aren't you gonna wish me luck?"
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"Y'all give me a second, okay?"
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"What's the matter?"
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"When I get back, I'll show you how to throw that curve ball."
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"Really?"
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"Shoot, yeah, really. Don't forget to write me."
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"Give the letters to my mama. She'll send them."
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"I want you to tell me everything that happens around here, okay?"
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"Don't leave nothing out."
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"All right?"
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"This is mine."
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"I hope it'll mean something to you."
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"You didn't think I'd forget your birthday, did you?"
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"Thanks, Dink."
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"I'll see you."
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"See you!"
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"Good luck!"
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"Here we go now!"
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"Bye-bye, ladies!"
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"Twenty-four, 32, hut, hut!"
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"Pass it. Here, I'm open!"
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"Hon."
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"Hon?!"
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"Goofball can't even catch!"
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