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Go, Granny, Go!

On a hot summer day I was sitting near an open window sewing and keeping an eye on my three grandsons playing outside.

"Let's play cops and robbers," said Mike. "I'll be a robber!" Terry and Melvin wanted the same role. So they needed another person to play.

"What about Grandma?" Terry suggested.

"Nah," Mike replied, "she can't run fast enough."

"What can we do to make her mad?" asked Melvin. "Old people can run real fast when they get mad!"

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