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From: "jess wilson" <>
Subject: [KYCLAY] CUTTING STOVE WOOD.
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 06:32:53 -0500


CUTTING STOVE WOOD.

By Jess Wilson

Storm See, in his story, "CHOP`N WOOD" mentioned that the women in his fmily did the chopping.

When I married the first the first thing my mother said to her new daughter-in-law was, " Ruth, you are from up north and have married a mountain man. Let me give you a word of advice, 'Don`t ever cut that first stick of stove wood.'" This caused our fist spats when I came home from a long day`s work and no supper cooked, "Because you did not cut me any wood." Then she went on to say, Jess, why don`t you spend a half day and cut up a whole lot of stove wood then this would not happen,"

I replied, "Suppose I do just that and also suppose that I died that night. You are still young and pretty and soon you would be married again and cooking biscuits for that next husband with wood I had cut. Let the SOB cut his own wood."


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