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Submitted to Contest #297
The origins of this story will remain anonymous. Just know it’s the truth. Ricky and Stick had only two things in common. One is that they were both orphaned in the big McCartle Ranch fire back in ’75. Second, is they both had the good fortune of being taken in by Bob and Betty McGraw. There were no better folks I’ve ever known than old Bob and Betty. Salt of the earth kinda folks. One Sunday, Betty read in the morning paper about how two boys lost their folks in the biggest fire the regions ever known and by that evening Betty fostered ...
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