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"A Man Lived by the Side’ of
the Road and Sold
Hot Dogs"
He was hard of hearing, so he had no radio. i :
Neither had he television,
But he sold GOOD HOT DOGS. i
He PUT UP A SIGN on the highway, TELLING HOW GOOD it
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He had trouble with his eyes, so he had no newspaper. ‘ fl
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He STOOD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CRIED, rT Ta a I
“Buy a hot dog, Mister.” niall au I
And PEOPLE BOUGHT. |
He increased his meat and bun orders and he bought a bigger
stove to take care of his trade. i
He got his son home from college to help him.
But then something happened. il
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There's a big depression on. The International situation is it
terrible and the Domestic situation is even worse.” I
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His son said, “Father, haven't you been listening to the radio? it
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Whereupon the father thought, “Well, my son has been to
college, he listens to the radio, he watches television, and
he reads the papers, so he ought to know.”
tising signs, and no longer bothered to stand on the
highway to sell hot dogs.
His hot dog sales fell almost over night.
“You were right, son,” the father said to the boy,
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So, the father cut down on the bun order, took down his adver- |
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“We are certainly in the middle of a great depression!”

-SOME STORIES BEAR REPEATING
AGAIN and AGAIN