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31 The Crank Collector I’d฀love฀to฀rust. Just฀sit฀there turning฀into฀air. Now,฀I฀put฀cranks on฀anything.฀See how฀I฀put฀one on฀that฀lawn฀deer. I฀wasn’t฀sure฀where to฀fasten฀it.฀When฀I found฀this฀old฀stuffed chair฀I฀had฀to฀put a฀crank฀on฀it.฀I thought฀this฀stump should฀have฀one. And฀that฀one on฀the฀rowboat,฀I฀first put฀on฀our฀bed.฀I฀find cranks฀everywhere. They฀just฀turn฀up, in฀the฀woods฀for฀instance, behind฀a฀garage.฀I฀found one฀once฀in฀a฀cemetery. The฀one฀on฀the฀side฀of the฀house฀I฀found฀while digging฀in฀my฀garden, planting฀some฀spurge. There฀are฀a฀couple thousand฀kinds฀of฀spurge. 32 That฀crank฀there’s a฀double฀handle.฀You can฀swing฀it฀arm฀over arm.฀This฀one฀I฀painted green฀before฀I฀stuck฀it into฀that฀window฀box. And฀I฀took฀that฀one฀from my฀grandmother’s฀attic. I฀thought฀she’d฀like฀it fastened฀to฀her฀Bible. ...

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