Wednesday, December 13, 2017

“Happy trails to you.” – Roy Rogers

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst
12 December
Little Johnny Stories X
This time I’m the Little Johnny
One day when I was maybe 6 or 7, in the late 40’s, I went to a Roy Rogers movie. He was known as “King of the Cowboys” and was my all-time greatest hero. [He was really smart: he'd figure out that the bank robbers were cattle rustlers who always needed a shave, but were secretly working for the bank manager in the three-piece suit!] Anyway, when I got home I told my mommy wanted to go to San Francisco tomorrow. This was a fairly unusual pronouncement for my mother to hear. When she asked me why, I told her Roy Rogers said in the movie he was going to San Francisco tomorrow, and I wanted to see him.
Simple!


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