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Show NIGHT OF THE TWISTERS When I was a little kid, I thought a red-letter day was when you got a red letter in the mailbox. Pretty dumb, huh? It finally dawned on me that a red-letter day is when something terrific and wonderful happens to you. Usually something unexpected. Take that April Saturday when I won five-hundred dollars in cash and merchandise. Now that was a red-letter day if I ever saw one! But who'd have guessed? A plain, open space on the calendar, that day started out just like any other, with Frosty Flakes for breakfast and Mom posting my jobs on the kitchen cork board. "Don't forget to change the kitty litter, Dan!" she said, same as she had every Saturday for as long as I could remember. By noon of April 19, I had entered the Dairy Queen Bike Race because my best friend, Arthur, dared me. By two o'clock I was crossing the finish line 79th, with only two cyclists behind me. Who'd have |
