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Chapter 4
Smith and Wesson
The next morning, Joe had his coffee and wandered around the scrap yard. He always stayed on the junk side but today he wandered around on the metal scrap side. Piles of twisted scrap metal sorted into unusual shaped piles, some quite large, as a huge crane loomed overhead. There were lots of machines to cut up metal and even a machine the crushed cars into little blocks of steel.
Hey Joe! Come’ on over here Yelled Jimbo. Jimbo didn’t work on Sunday, the place was closed, but he like coming around anytime Joe was here for a visit. You really ought to stay out of that section, it’s mostly dangerous, I don’t even go over there unless I absolutely need to check on something important. I got special guys that work over there. They’re a breed of their own, they work as a team, a regular guy could get hurt. Get hurt bad, even killed if something goes wrong. Come’ on, I brought donuts and coffee, good coffee not the stuff you make! Ha, ha, ha. They were laughing again already.
Hey Joe! Come’ on over here Yelled Jimbo. Jimbo didn’t work on Sunday, the place was closed, but he like coming around anytime Joe was here for a visit. You really ought to stay out of that section, it’s mostly dangerous, I don’t even go over there unless I absolutely need to check on something important. I got special guys that work over there. They’re a breed of their own, they work as a team, a regular guy could get hurt. Get hurt bad, even killed if something goes wrong. Come’ on, I brought donuts and coffee, good coffee not the stuff you make! Ha, ha, ha. They were laughing again already.
Later that day, Joe picked through some of the piles looking for salvage when he spied a little wooden box. He picked it up and pushed the button on the side. Nothing happened. Broken he thought, tossed out and forgotten. What a shame. He looked at the bottom and saw a small screw, holding it with his thumb, he tried the button again and the lid lifted and a beautiful ballerina popped out. The music played as it spun around and around. Yes, this is still good he thought.
He took it to the bench and polished the case, just a few strokes of touch up paint and some detail polishing on the ballerina and it looked like new. I’ll take this to the shop he thought. He went to Jimbo’s office and they said their goodbyes as Joe left. During the bus ride back, Joe made sure to watch for that sign but to no avail, it was nowhere to be found.
He took it to the bench and polished the case, just a few strokes of touch up paint and some detail polishing on the ballerina and it looked like new. I’ll take this to the shop he thought. He went to Jimbo’s office and they said their goodbyes as Joe left. During the bus ride back, Joe made sure to watch for that sign but to no avail, it was nowhere to be found.