Chapter Four: Happy Endings

The story around town was that one Thanksgiving Day Pete came to pick up Madame Gratz and Nettie for the family get-together. But the Madame didn’t want to ride in his old Chevy, she wanted to ride in the cow trailer it was towing. Ol’ Pete figured what the hell, maybe she’s got a point, so he let down the tailgate and helped her climb aboard. He got a big kick out of this, you can’t blame him, and so did all the neighbors. They all waved to her when Pete drove off and she stuck her head through the stanchion and waved back, just like a Rose Bowl queen you’d see in the newsreels, which meant everybody got to share in Pete’s big kick.