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it into Rod’s truck, and turned


     around to find Gordy and Mort, side

     by side, grinning at me.  “Guess


     what we found?” Mort said.

            “A mummy?” I replied.


            They laughed, then Gordy said,

     “Not quite.  But something almost

     as good.  Look at this.”


            They each held up a wrist, and

     between them was a pair of


     handcuffs.  “Aren’t they cool?”

     Mort asked.


            I stared at them as they

     continued to grin, and asked, “You


     do have a key, don’t you?”

             Suddenly, their grins


     disappeared as the predicament they

     were in dawned on them.

            Gordy turned to Mort.  “You do





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