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Stories
Come Alive
Press Argus Courier, February 26, 2002, by Kenneth Fry,
Editor
“Well, thay’re searchin’ fer things whuts in thar own back yard.”This line from “Windy John’s Me ‘N Tut” can apply to Joyce Rapier’s book of tales told to the Van Buren author by her story-telling father during his final days at a local nursing home.
Or, how about:“Iffen a hen and a half can lay an aigg and a half in a day and a half, how many aiggs or brass doornobs can a rooster lay in one day?”This question from one of 21 delightful stories of Windy John and his faithful companion Tut growing up in Frog Holler and Hoot Holler easily takes your mind away from a dreary, rainy February day to another time where spirits are warm.
The full text of this article may be found at The Press Argus-Courier.
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