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Show A Little Town Is . . . A little town is the only place on earth where people past middle age are called by their first name when they saunter down the street. A little town is where you don't have to guess where your enemies en-emies are, your friends will tell you. A little town is where everybody every-body knows everybody else's car by sight and also where and when it goes. A little town is where when you get a wrong number you can talk for fifteen minutes anyhow if you want A little town is where everyone every-one becomes a neighbor in case of need. A little town is where city folks say there is nothing to do, but those who live there don't have enough nights in the week to make all the meetings and social functions. A little town is where it's hard to walk to work for exercise because be-cause it takes too long to stop and explain to people in cars who stop, honk, and offer rides. A little town is businessmen struggle for survival against city stores and shopping centers. A little town is where those same businessmen dig deep many times to help with countless fund raising drives. A little town is where many teenagers say there is nothing to do and then are surprised to learn that their big city peers are saying the same thing. A little town is, when all is said and done, a great place in which to live. And a little town knows all the news before it's published-They published-They just read the hometown paper to see if the editor gets it right. Anonymous |