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Hungry Joe

           ColonelCathcartslammedtoascreechingstopinchesshortoftherailroadditchseparatingthenoseofhisjeepfromthelopsidedbasketballcourtontheotherside,fromwhichMajorMajorwaseventuallydrivenbythekicksandshovesandstonesandpunchesofthemenwhohadalmostbecomehisfriends.

           "You’rethenewsquadroncommander,"ColonelCathcarthadbellowedacrosstheditchathim."Butdon’tthinkitmeansanything,becauseitdoesn’t.Allitmeansisthatyou’rethenewsquadroncommander."

           AndColonelCathcarthadroaredawayasabruptlyashe’dcome,whippingthejeeparoundwithaviciousspinningofwheelsthatsentasprayoffinegritblowingintoMajorMajor’sface.MajorMajorwasimmobilizedbythenews.Hestoodspeechless,lankyandgawking,withascuffedbasketballinhislonghandsastheseedsofrancorsownsoswiftlybyColonelCathcarttookrootinthesoldiersaroundhimwhohadbeenplayingbasketballwithhimandwhohadlethimcomeasclosetomakingfriendswiththemasanyonehadeverlethimcomebefore.Thewhitesofhismoonyeyesgrewlargeandmistyashismouthstruggledyearninglyandlostagainstthefamiliar,impregnablelonelinessdriftinginaroundhimagainlikesuffocatingfog.

           LikealltheotherofficersatGroupHeadquartersexceptMajorDanby,ColonelCathcartwasinfusedwiththedemocraticspirit:hebelievedthatallmenwerecreatedequal,andhethereforespurnedallmenoutsideGroupHeadquarterswithequalfervor.Nevertheless,hebelievedinhismen.

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