A month before I married his daughter, my father-in-law told me about a summer job he worked in his late teens.
It was for a logging company near Sudbury, but he wasn’t a logger.
He walked down new trails ahead of the loggers, spade in hand, killing all the rattlesnakes.
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She was a tall, attractive, hazel-eyed brunette with perfect posture. He felt intimidated by her accomplished and confident demeanor.
Nevertheless, he approached her, but as she turned, he knew it was over before it began.
He was disappointed. Why does she have to be chomping on a wad of bubblegum?!
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He defended himself the only way he knew how: intimidation was his only real weapon.
“Boogidy boo!” he cried, arching his shoulders and spreading his arms to make himself look bigger.
The kitten mewled. It was blind, so it couldn’t see his Intimidation Pose anyways.
But the grizzly bear could.