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  1. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    Contrary to popular opinion, my dad was not a lazy man. He was not lazy at all, for instance, when it came to Going Places In His Truck. He was also very industrious about Preparing To Go Camping. And if something really interested him, he would work on it all day.
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  2. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    My mother was good at reading books, making cinnamon biscuits, and coloring in a coloring book. Also she was a good eater of popcorn and knitter of sweaters with my initials right in them. She could sit really still. She knew how to believe in God and sing really loudly. When she sneezed our whole house rocked. My father was a great smoker and driver of vehicles..He could hold a full coffee cup while driving and never spill a drop, even going over bumps. He lost his temper faster than anyone.
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  3. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    Decoupage hit Mooreland pretty hard...
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  4. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    I respect every way in which you are a troublemaker, now get up and do what your mother says.
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  5. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    They did a lot of cleaning in their house, which I considered to be a sign of immoral parenting. The job of parents, as I saw it, was to watch television and step into a child's life only when absolutely necessary, like in the event of a tornado or a potential kidnapping.
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  6. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    ...she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him this: "Honey, I know you like to take a drink, and that's all right, but be forewarned that I ain't your maid and I ain't your punching bag, and if you ever raise your hand to me you'd best kill me. Because otherwise I'll wait until you're asleep; sew you into the bed; and beat you to death with a frying pan." Until he died, I am told, my grandfather was a gentle man.
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  7. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    But I think that what you'll discover more and more as you get older is that most people aren't thinking about you at all.
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  8. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    What kind of good deeds? Like Girl Scouts? Because I got kicked out of Brownies and they won't give me another chance to keep my clothes on at camp.
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  9. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    That cat doesn't have a lick of sense,' I said, sighing.Well, honey, he's not right in the head,' Dad said, flipping his cigarette into the front yard.I glared at him. 'And just what do you mean by that?'Dad counted on his fingers. 'He's cross-eyed; he jumps out of trees after birds and then doesn't land on his feet; he sleeps with his head smashed up against the wall, and the tip of his tail is crooked.'Oh yeah? Well, how about this: he once got locked in a basement by evil Petey Scroggs in the middle of January and survived on snow and little frozen mice. When I'm cold at night he sleeps right on my face. Of that whole litter of kittens he came out of he's the only one left. One of his brothers didn't even have a butthole.'I stand corrected. PeeDink is a survivor.
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  10. Haven Kimmel _ Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up

    I later discovered that in order to be a good athlete one must care intensely what is happening with a ball, even if one doesn't have possession of it. This was ultimately my failure: my inability to work up a passion for the location of balls."
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