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[Female Singer]
% Ready, ready, ready, ready %
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% Ready to run %
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% All I'm ready to do is have some fun %
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[Barks]
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% What's all this talk about love %
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[Grunting]
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[Radio] On the local front,
our town of Hale, Maryland,
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is still buzzing about
the less-than-flattering article...
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about their native daughter,
Maggie Carpenter.
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Her bridal exploits were taken
to task...
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by New York columnist
Ike Graham in USA Today.
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- Mr. Graham called her--
- [Radio Off]
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[Maggie's Voice]
Dear Editor: Greetings from the sticks.
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Perhaps you believe that
a rural education is focused mainly...
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on hog calling and tractor maintenance
rather than reading.
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Why else would you print a piece
of fiction about me and call it fact?
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Why else would you print a piece
of fiction about me and call it fact?
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I suppose Mr. Graham was too busy
thinking up slanderous statements...
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about how I dump men for kicks...
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to bother with something silly
like accuracy in reporting.
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Which is understandable, because
with a man-eater like me on the loose,
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who has time to check facts?
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- Hey, Frances, lunch today?
- No, I'm going to the bank.
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- Sure?
- Sorry, Ike.
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- All right. Hey.
- Hey.
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I'm going to put in
a good word for you.
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Don't mention my name.
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[Maggie's Voice]
That's why I was surprised to find...
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Mr. Graham's editor was a woman.
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Call me a sentimental fool, but I hoped
we man-eaters could stick together.
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"Anyway, I'm just dropping
you big-city folk this little note...
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to say that I have thought
of a ritual sacrifice..."
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"that would satisfy
my current appetite:
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"Ike Graham's column
on a platter."
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"Yours truly, Maggie Carpenter.
P.S.