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Cathy Pelletier-Liddycoat

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Crazy Old Coot

Cathy Pelletier-Liddycoat

Submitted to Contest #303

CRAZY OLD COOTby Cathy PelletierPart 1My past-their-prime Wellies made a pleasing splish-splash sound on the slick pavement as I headed to the pub. I smiled, realizing I'd timed my gait to the ongoing refrain in my brain: No more classes. No more classes.Not a pub-goer by nature, I'd felt obliged to attend the night's festivities after my students invited me to celebrate their final week of high school. And in my case, blessed, long-awaited retirement.The familiar guffaws and giggles of my late-adolescent charges greeted me as soon as I prie...

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