Which doesn't explain how the horse's head got into his bed when he attempted to quit.
chapter vii: myeck's criminal past
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myeck's immigrant parents,
fresh off the boat from the Old Country, were anxious for
their child to achieve success, so - following ancient
family custom - they attempted to apprentice him to the
local mob chieftain. They were confused by the alien
culture however, and, tragically, signed him up for violin lessons by mistake.
Which doesn't explain how the horse's head got into his bed when he attempted to quit. |
| myeck with his violin. On three separate occasions, when he stopped in candy shops en route to or from his lessons, the shopkeepers shrieked, hid behind the counter, handed him large wads of money, and begged him to leave. It was many years before myeck realized that this was not a symptom of America's fear of Classical Music. |
