The Plain Kind by R Ray Baker
Martha Baln, plain and unfurnished by beauty, works as hotel clerk at Eagle Heights where summer visitors flock. A chance encounter with Harold Kingsley reveals a clash between Miss Ross and Martha as he declares a preference for the natural plain kind over the artificial. The tale unfolds with longing, mistaken separations, and a dawning attraction.
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Buck Up and Keep Going in the Face of Adversity
A reflective essay argues that luck is a myth and fate tests the persistent. It urges resilience after setbacks, noting how focus and refusal to yield draw encouragement from others. The metaphor extends from football players to everyday life, endorsing aggressive momentum and steady effort.
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Japan's Small Rice Gardens Describe Japanese Fields
A feature describes handkerchief sized rice plots across Japan, each level, diked, and flooded by canals. It notes about 12,000 square miles of rice land supporting a population around 50 million and the labor to prepare fields. Also a children's tale, Why the Lambs Cried, about a lambs’ confusion after sheepshearing.
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