116: The copy of . . .
Little Follies, “The Fox and the Clam,” Chapter 10
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THE COPY OF The Amazing Randy the Unbreakable Record that Matthew gave me was badly worn. Matthew must have played it often. I had to strain to hear Randy through the hissing and popping on the first side. The second side was marked with deep gouges that looked to me as if they had been deliberately made, perhaps with the point of a compass. I couldn’t play that side at all.
When I had recovered from the chicken pox and was allowed to go outside, I smashed Randy with a brick and buried him in the back yard. It seemed the decent thing to do.
[to be continued on Monday, October 25, 2021]
In Topical Guide 116, Mark Dorset considers Fragility, Vulnerability; Euthanasia; and Immortality from this episode.
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