The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 25, 2014
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Transcript:
Brutus: What an incredibly harsh winter it's been! Brutus: I can't take another one like this! Brutus: Next year, I'm going to take a cue from the bears and hibernate!
Like the story of the old Mainer we’ll call Avery Emery — or, if you’d rather, Emery Avery — whose rustic home in Parsonsfield sat just a few feet from the New Hampshire border. Avery, in his late 80s, prided himself on being a lifelong Mainer. Then one spring, the town surveyor discovered a small mistake on the ancient map that had fixed the Maine-New Hampshire border.
With the border properly drawn, it turned out that Avery actually lived in New Hampshire. Worried that he’d be crestfallen at the news, the selectmen went as a group to his home to explain the situation. “So I don’t live in Maine no mowa?’’ he said when they were finished. “I’m afraid not, Mr. Emery,’’ the first selectman said. “Yowa showa?’’ Avery asked. “We’re positive.’’ Whereupon the old man broke into a broad smile. “Why . . . you’re not upset?’’ the first selectman asked.
“Oh goodness no,’’ Avery replied. “Why, at my age, I don’t think I coulda stood anotha one of them Maine wintas.’’