None were so brave … as those who sat crouched and shivering before their television sets on the dark, bleak, and rainy night of January 30, 2006, daring to hear of the words of the man who would end the earth as we once knew it … fearing the loss of all they once knew and the inability to save their children’s futures … the electricity had been turned off … only dried beans were left in the cupboard … the dog looked up woefully, hoping for more than a few pieces of kibble … at least the telephone still worked, until next week, the phone company had said … there was no work … the plant was shutting down … the kids were ashamed of the old clothes they wore to school and having to take the free breakfast at school, but the principal had told them they had to cut back on the number of kids because they weren’t getting as much money anymore from the government to help feed hungry kids … his tooth ached but he lived with it because there wasn’t a dentist in town who’d see him unless he had $300 cash in his hand …
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