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Hungry Joe

           ImpressionablemeninthesquadronlikeDobbsandCaptainFlumeweresodeeplydisturbedbyHungryJoe’sshriekingnightmaresthattheywouldbegintohaveshriekingnightmaresoftheirown,andthepiercingobscenitiestheyflungintotheaireverynightfromtheirseparateplacesinthesquadronrangagainsteachotherinthedarknessromanticallylikethematingcallsofsongbirdswithfilthyminds.ColonelKornacteddecisivelytoarrestwhatseemedtohimtobethebeginningofanunwholesometrendinMajorMajor’ssquadron.ThesolutionheprovidedwastohaveHungryJoeflythecouriershiponceaweek,removinghimfromthesquadronforfournights,andtheremedy,likeallColonelKorn’sremedies,wassuccessful.

           EverytimeColonelCathcartincreasedthenumberofmissionsandreturnedHungryJoetocombatduty,thenightmaresstoppedandHungryJoesettleddownintoanormalstateofterrorwithasmileofrelief.YossarianreadHungryJoe’sshrunkenfacelikeaheadline.ItwasgoodwhenHungryJoelookedbadandterriblewhenHungryJoelookedgood.HungryJoe’sinvertedsetofresponseswasacuriousphenomenontoeveryonebutHungryJoe,whodeniedthewholethingstubbornly.

           "Whodreams?"heanswered,whenYossarianaskedhimwhathedreamedabout.

           "Joe,whydon’tyougoseeDocDaneeka?"Yossarianadvised.

           "WhyshouldIgoseeDocDaneeka?I’mnotsick."

           "Whataboutyournightmares?"

           "Idon’thavenightmares,"HungryJoelied.

           "Maybehecandosomethingaboutthem."

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