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The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued
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it was pragmatically best to let the contractors do at least one job. He pointed through the window and said; “Look. The yard is full of last year’s dead growth. It’ll likely take a few days to get rid of it.” As the now distracted contractors gazed, he yelled out; “Come on up here, Beth; I can use some help;” and heard a silent response which surrounded an Antonioni murmur.
Little Cigar broke the silence when he urgently said; “There’s a trespasser on the property!”
He looked out and saw a powder blue, mid 1960’s Ford Fairlane idling just ten feet east of the window, destined to either go straight ahead or straight back, a prisoner of the stockade fence immediately to its left. He wondered why he had not noticed it last look.
Suddenly, Little Cigar, Big Blonde and he were outside. Someone called out; “Hey, what are you doin’ here?”
The car started to move slowly, and as it passed the trio, they saw the lone driver. It was a smiling grayish-blonde woman of about fifty years of age. Her countenance was disarming and she said; “I used to live here and I just wanted to see it one last time.” The car kept moving and went out to the road, where it disappeared from sight.