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Submitted to Contest #316
Champlain had grown to like being a dishwasher. Every dish was different, and every place he washed them was different too. He had made great friends washing dishes at a summer camp near Lake George in Upstate New York. They talked about nothing and laughed at everything. He worked silently at a tavern in Dallas, ages ago, where he had to fetch the water he used from a nearby well. He had found a home at a local vineyard and eatery in the mountains of West Virginia, where he worked year round on two separate occasions. The second time he cam...
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