Show Section Monday April 19 2004 The Herald Journal A story to Page 1 mimmm—mmmmm read to your kids Minnie and Moo in The Seven Wonders of the World By Denys Cazet Illustrated by Denys Cazet THE STORY SO FAR: Minnie and Moo trying to save thefartn by revealing The Seven Wonders of the World spot some long underwear floating through the air The long johns are heading right toward them CHAPTER SEVEN The Brood of Shorts The long underwear rose and dipped in the afternoon breeze “Look!” someone shouted Slowly from behind the fair edge of Wilker-son’- s ' Woods piece after piece of A floated the sky clothing through blouse was followed by a pair of' overalls A school of socks swam past a brood of shorts A flock of panty hose flapped above a pajama top that seemed to be searching for a bottom “Oops” muttered Moo “Oops?? Minnie repeated-- ' “Oops” said Moo “This isn't turn- ing out quite the way I had planned” ' “What do you mean?” asked Min- nie ‘The Sixth Wonder of the World is escaping” said Moo “Yesterday after' Mrs Farmer hung out the laun- - ' dry I snuck down and borrowed some I filled up several balloons with heiium and stuffed them into the wet clothes Then I tied one end of some string around each piece of ' clothing and the other end on a branch of a tree” “And?” said Minnie I guess I didn’t tie the “And string tightly enough” The clothes drifted over ii pine tree near the edge of the hill Two birds began squawking as they floated past “Minnie” said Moo “I think it’s time for Madame Minnie to have another vision!” “Madame Minnie is tired" said Minnie She picked up the donation " jar and looked inside “We’ve been at' thisall day Moo And what do we have to show for it? Two dollars and thirty-fiv- e cents' an IOU two eggs ' a handful of dried com 'and six metal washers!” Moo sighed “We can't give up!” V Minnie put her arm around Moo She took a deep breath “Of course not” she said ‘Time for another V Vision! OOOOOHHHHHHHH!" she moaned “Madame Minnie is having anoth--' er vision?’ shouted Bea 'The animals surrounded Minnie The sheep kept their eyes on the flying clothes “What does it all mean?” they asked:' “It means we have to put another nickel in the jar” said Elvis “OOOHHHHHHH!” moaned Madame Minnie “I fee the power of The Sixth Wonder must reach out and let the voice of Moo speak for Madame Minnie ” Minnie pinched Moo ' ' “OW!”cried Moo “I feel the power!” She nibbed her bottom see 1 see clothes” “No kidding" said Elvis “I see Mr Farmer's clothes' said Moo ‘Hying on the wings of Farmer : ? Power” “He’s the boss" said Minnie v “Who has the power to give?” Moo shouted ' “Mr Farmer!” cried the sheep “And who has the power to take ' away??-- ' “Mr Farmer!? shouted the pigs '' “And whose clothes watches from the sky?’ ! The animals giasped “MR shouted FARMER’S!” they “Yes ” said Mob solemnly “It’s the y Sixth Wonder of the World — with Farmer filled clothes ' Power out foir their weekly drying And why do they only fly on Thurs--! days you ask? Because Thursday begins-wita ‘T’ and never falls oh a Photo illustration by Mitch Mascara - & (XUl - 1 : 1' 1 - ! : otdi-nar- ’ See SERIAL on C2 e all on a pals right?) By Lance Frazier first-nam- hat will it take to get Now about - ' ‘98 Tacoma Moving right along Jet’s sit down inside and talk interest rates and monthly payments Better yet let's just talk monthly payment That’s what reiilly matters right? Sure I can get it down to $250 since we ’re pals (Never mind that the number of payments just biimped by f8 You should have paid more attention in : V - -- If you do nothing else do at least these 4 tasks to boost your pdds for - Sign these fomis and it's a done deal We ’re both happy You have a flashy pickup and I just cleared an extra three grand by extending your payments Not to mention' that our sticker price was $ I JIM) above oar actual bottom line to stall with (What you thought7 found this Rolex in the gutter?) ' Dim’tfeel bad kid There's a one-four- : - th - will-go- ' : He said raised pigs of certain piglets n such a way as them out cleaning to minimize maggots then hung them in the shade When they reached exactly the right shade of green which Dad called “high” took them down !and cooked them! Oh they were ten- der he said - - ' " likely to be - ' - 'I- in the hospital added times 'dates :f and medical information Eventual-- ‘ ly the attendant dixrtor signed tie ' birth certificate and it was sent to f New- York State Archives where it 'V was recorded and filed! A copy wilt ' ' V to the fariiily ' : When Dad dies the mortician will fill out the government form by ask- -' ' ing relatiyes for information Even- iually the attending physician will :f sign the death certificate and'il will ' be sent to the Utah State Archives Copies will be made available lo the - be-sen- ' - - : : c(rect because that information was' provided by hospi- tal staff Due to the extreme stress' family members experience at times of birtband death other information may or may not be correctPerhaps the least correct death certificate ( have! is that of the great grandmother who got pigs “high'The informant is listed as “Mrs R T Wheejer — wife” That js' the name of my She could not have given ttuiinformavv lion after her dcath Her parents' names aremissing her hiilh date is' incorrect and she certainly would have known ihat Whoever gave'the ' family information was definitely under duress But the date and place of death were correct' V Even so because I knew this when was a- child I hold a copy of her death certificate and see — not words — hut a round old woman w ith a mothball smel who always had pink mints for ' - What a' glorious day-arriving' arid departing ' In Albany our daughter and her husband filled out a government form stating theirs and the new haby’snames and address Someone ' SALES on C3 We recalled crazy things we'd done My brother used a burning candle to search under the bed and the bed caught fire My sister and friend spun the car backward into ii steep snowy ditch bank and when : rescued by their high school history teacher laughed hysterically And I' the mildest by far armed with a brand new driver's license scraped a dent in the pickup door Dad prayed we prayed The day Was fullof peace andiove Meanwhile in Albany New York’ ' my daughter struggling against complications was giving birth in St Peter's hospital Finally the cell call came our baby girl had fought hei way to life After some’ medical prof cedures all was well This bright- ' eyed baby makesDad’s 22nd great-grandchi- ld : Information courtesy of Jeff OstrOffs website http7wwwarbuyingtipscoriV: - ' hospital ip St George Utah wonder-- y ing if my Dad would die that day After dear ebusins and an aunt left Dad’s three children and spouses piled into his room where Dad told stories about his Have a mechanic put the car a lift for inspection and to check for accident damage 2 Check the used car history Run a Vehicle History Report to see if the car was totaled salvaged rebuilt flooded failed inspection stolen gross polluter how long the dealer had the car or if it has odometer fraud 3 Never sign an “As Is” paper at a used car dealer get at least a 30 day warranty included 4 Have your own financing and loan approvals ready before you go shopping not after Our advice and strategies here should work whether you buy from a private person a dealer from a teasing company or if you buy rental cars being sold to the public' 1 iip on r- car-buye- rs Algebra) Yesterday I walked the halls of a She cut the throats 25-yea- - eye-catchi- By LaRae Free Kerr great-grandmot- Keegan Duersch has a simple philosophy: Few Consumers know how to protect themselves when buying a car so too often they end up trusting the ethics of the' dealer And although Duersch a old from Logan who grew up under the hood of a car and sold cars for five months at a local dealership is quick to acknowledge that the majority of dealers are honest he to understand what wants they're up against “I would say less than of the valley's dealerships are nasty” says Duersch “but 1 guarantee that most of them will try to " pinch what they can out of you' There’s a certain way auto salesmen are trained and practice throughout ' ' the country It’s just a question of! how far they Some will go pretty far Duersch’s is todo recipe for lake homework your time and'' your read everything before you sign it ‘The main point is before you V to-th- ’em coming Unfortu- - nately the market for Escort wagons isn that strong so I can V give you much for it But I will go to bat for you with my manager because just between you and me and Brittany its practically a crimethat a guy like you isn 7 driving an triuk like this black 1 our that trade-i- n all buy cars eventually: ' you in this truck' today? Isee you out there kicking the tires on that shiny pickup squinting at the odometer and nodding wisely for the benefit of your girlfriend She might believe you know a thing or two about cars just because you can find the hood release lever and tell her Yeah that's a V6 I have iny doubts See I figure a young guy like you is a lot more interested in the lift kit and the roll bar than what's under that hood and whether it’s function- al It'll take me about five seconds to figure out whether you know what you re doing and then we'll move on test drive let you- get a feel for that jacked-u- p 4X4 Hey that looks good on you We can bath tell that the stereo ii more flash than function hilt Hey I 'm sure you know a lot more than do about electronics Pwbablyjust need to fiddle with it a little right? What can you do but nod especially in front of Brittany f Of course we 're ' sucker bbm every minute and they basis we 're family!! ' ' ' On both certificates the' date'of the birth or death and the plaice are ! ' - cr ' 1 See KERR on C2 |