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taking my daughter with me. We got
right out in the middle of the section of
highway where there were no houses
for about five miles in either direction,
when a thumping sound told me the tire
had gone flat. I had no sooner slipped
out to change it and was laying prone
on the ground to get the jack under the
pickup, when a deluge started. That
was when I finally uttered the fatalistic
words. “What else can go wrong?”
I yelled for my daughter to get my
coat. She came and stood over me.
“What did you say?”
“Get my coat and hurry.”
She was gone for a brief moment
and then returned with no coat.
“Where’s my coat?” I queried, rain
drenching me and rolling down my
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