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Hungry Joe

           Pandemoniumbrokeloose.IttookalmostafullminuteforApplebytodisentanglehimselffromOrr’sflailingarmsandlegsandgropehiswaytohisfeet,withOrrheldoffthegroundbeforehimbytheshirtfrontinonehandandhisotherarmdrawnbackinafisttosmitehimdead,andatthatmomentYossariansteppedforwardandtookOrrawayfromhim.ItwasanightofsurprisesforAppleby,whowasaslargeasYossarianandasstrongandwhoswungatYossarianashardashecouldwithapunchthatfloodedChiefWhiteHalfoatwithsuchjoyousexcitementthatheturnedandbustedColonelMoodusinthenosewithapunchthatfilledGeneralDreedlewithsuchmellowgratificationthathehadColonelCathcartthrowthechaplainoutoftheofficers’clubandorderedChiefWhiteHalfoatmovedintoDocDaneeka’stent,wherehecouldbeunderadoctor’scaretwenty-fourhoursadayandbekeptingoodenoughphysicalconditiontobustColonelMoodusinthenoseagainwheneverGeneralDreedlewantedhimto.SometimesGeneralDreedlemadespecialtripsdownfromWingHeadquarterswithColonelMoodusandhisnursejusttohaveChiefWhiteHalfoatbusthisson-in-lawinthenose.

           ChiefWhiteHalfoatwouldmuchratherhaveremainedinthetrailerhesharedwithCaptainFlume,thesilent,hauntedsquadronpublic-relationsofficerwhospentmostofeacheveningdevelopingthepictureshetookduringthedaytobesentoutwithhispublicityreleases.

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