Maroa Stories · Weekend Publication
Neighbors stories by Mike Pope, collected permanently inside Maroa Stories.
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Every story includes a separate Junior's Adventure.
3 Saturday stories
At the café in Maroa, men could argue like a fight was coming, wave from their trucks that afternoon, and be the first neighbors to arrive when somebody needed help.
Junior's Adventure: Junior Measures an Argument
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The porch light was never really about seeing in the dark. It was a signal: someone was home, help was close, and a child on a bicycle was never quite as far from home as he thought.
Junior's Adventure: Junior and the Porch Light
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It began as an ordinary Saturday. Then word reached the café that the Johnson place needed help, and before noon the road filled with trucks, tractors, tools, food, and people who had not waited to be asked.
Junior's Adventure: The Helping Hand
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