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The deadline to have them mailed in was
two weeks before Christmas, and the night
before, I sat down to tally my collection. I was
disappointed to find that I was 36 labels short.
But, there was one apartment I never went to. It
was about a quarter mile away, and the manager
was a crotchety old man.
Everyone said he hated Christmas, and the
youth in our community said he told them to
leave when they came caroling. From what
people told me about him, I figured I was likely
to get shot if he found me going through his
dumpster. But I was not about to get that close
to my goal and still fail, so I grabbed the step
stool and my small flashlight and headed to the
dumpster of the man everyone had nicknamed
Scrooge.
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