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by Scene: A sparse, mostly business-like office in the backroom of a large university library. It’s the beginning of fall semester … sometime in the mid 1990s …and young, exuberant, fresh faced students are coming and going. Almost all of them are looking for a student job in the library. Rick sits patiently at his desk. He has been “interviewing” ... such as it is … for most of the day … without much luck finding suitable employees. An innocent looking, pigtailed blonde woman clutching her Human Resources paperwork, tentatively approaches Rick. Rick – Hello. Who do we have here? Rebecca – My name is Rebecca SIR. Rick (cringing slightly) – I’m Rick. Please have a seat. Rebecca (thrusting her papers in Rick’s direction) – They told me to have you sign these. Rick -Yes. If I hire you. And odds are good I will. But first let’s have a short interview okay? Rebecca (while nervously pulling on one of her pigtails) – Okay. Rick – Where are you from Rebecca? Rebecca (her voice cracking slightly) – Sandusky County. My family owns a farm 15 miles from Clyde. Rick – Really? My parents lived in Clyde briefly. There’s not much happening around there. Rebecca looks a little hurt. Rick – So. What work experience do you have? Rebecca – The farm. Rick – Never worked in a library? Rebecca – Just the farm. Rick - No paper route? Rebecca – My brother did. I helped him once. Rick – Are you at all familiar with how a library works. Rebecca - I never worked in one. I brought a book back late once and the lady made me pay a dollar. Rick – I see. Rick slowly picks up Rebecca’s paperwork, grabs a pen and begins signing his name. Rick – So Rebecca … tell me this. Have you ever FLOWN a KITE? Rebecca (startled) – Why? Uh … yes …. YES I HAVE! Rick (handing her the signed paperwork) – CLOSE ENOUGH!!! Curtain Cast: Secret Epilogue: Rebecca never returned. Jimmy Mak's new book,
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Rick's Books:
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