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A Misplaced Stick

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After his uncle disappears into the forest with a bucket of lard, Little Billy and his grandfather track him down in the more treacherous and isolated areas of the family ranch. Along the way he learns about the birds and the bees, what being a girl crazy teenager meant to his father and uncle, and why putting his stick into a larded knothole can be a deadly experience.

This 2,515-word short story is being published for the first time.