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In 1903 the Michtom family of Brooklyn, New York, inspired by a political cartoon of Teddy Roosevelt, had come up with a new idea … “Papa sketched out roughly what he had in mind and Mama made the pattern: a wide head coming down to a pointed muzzle, round ears, tapered feet.  Papa and I did the cutting.  Mama did the sewing.  Emily, the stuffing.  Benjamin, the drooling.  We finished two stuffed bears that night, jointed at the arms and legs.  Mama stitched thread claws to make the bears look more real.  The eyes she designed to resem

"School was finally out and I was standing on a picnic table in our backyard getting ready for a great summer vacation when my mother walked up to me and ruined it." Jack pg. 3 Dead End in Norvelt

"I guess I've learned it's not enough to just think things. You have to say them too. Because all the words in the world won't do much good if they're just rattling around in your head." Marlee Nisbett pg. 1 The Lions of Little Rock
 

“The place on earth Felix Piloto loved the best was a spot of red dirt two-thirds of the way toward third from second. Deep in the hole, his body folded nearly in half, his mitt dangling so close to the ground it blocked its own shadow.” pg.1 Free Baseball
 

"I'd like to take this opportunity to point out something important. Should a strange old man of questionable sanity show up at your door - suggesting that he is your grandfather and that you should accompany him upon some quest of mystical import - you should flatly refuse him." Alcatraz Smedry pg.