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Doc Willis
and the Mechanic
Otis and Gabby had nothing to
do one day - no really, they didn’t - so they thought they’d
wander on down to Marston’s Garage and see what Gary was up to.
When they arrived, they saw Gary tinkerin on a nice Mercedes
that belonged to old Doc Willis.
Otis and Gabby grabbed a coke
from the cooler and sat down in Gary’s old metal Adirondack
chairs and watched. Pretty soon Doc Willis arrived back at the
garage wanting to get his car. He was in a bit of a hurry.
Doc Willis asked, “Is my car
ready yet?”
To which Gary replied, “Almost.
I just got to finish buttonin it back up.”
Old Doc Willis began to walk
away and then turned back to Gary and inquired, “Do you know how
much this is going to cost me?”
Gary replied, “Ayuh, I got a
good idea!”
“Well, how much? I’ll write you
out a check while I wait,” said Doc.
“It’s gonna be fifteen hundred
dollars by the time I git er done!” exclaimed Gary.
“Fifteen hundred dollars!”
yelled ole Doc. “That seems pretty expensive to get my valves
ground down and a couple a new pistons!”
About then Otis pipes up, “Not
really, Doc. You see, Gary’s about as good a mechanic as there
is and his job is just as important as your job. Why, them cars
is pretty technical and complicated these days you know. Now, we
know you charge a lot for a fixed heart and we know a man can’t
live without a workin heart and you can’t drive your car without
a fixed up motor. I guess Gary’s got the right to charge just as
much. He’s just as smart as you are!”
And of course Gabby agreed
completely with Otis’ assessment of things. I’m not sure Gary
did but he really didn’t care much one way or the other.
After hearing that bull from
Otis, Old Doc Willis chimed in one last time, “Is that a fact,
Otis? Well, then if Gary’s such a good mechanic and if he is a
smart as I am and can do the same technical and scientific
things I can do, then I want to see him grind those valves and
replace them pistons while the car is running!”
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