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The 4th Pip: The Early Years — Part III
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The 4th Pip: The Early Years — Part III

At ten years of age, Red finds an unexpected benefactor, struggles with sock garters, and clutches a broken record player to his chest.

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Revival on the Front Lawn

Years Passed.

Two.

Red’s grandmother was staring out of the guest bedroom window. The lawnmower that woke her, then kept her up, had, mercifully, puttered out of gas. She had scissor-kicked her way out of the bed to see — with her own eyes — exactly who was mowing a lawn at 7:00AM on a Saturday morning.

Her gra…

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