was the coldest winter he could remember. At the
time he was living by himself on his uncles ranch.
As there was no electricity, he used a kerosene
lamp for light.
One night it got so cold that the flame froze
in the lamp. It stayed frozen for three days and
nights. On the morning of the fourth day dad was
tired of the lamp staying on all night, so he broke
the flame off and threw it out the back door.
Dad always kept some chickens in the yard.
After the ground being frozen over for a week or
so, those chickens were ready to eat anything that
moved. When one of those chickens saw that
flame sliding across the ice, she ran over, plucked
it up and swallowed it. That chicken laid hard
boiled eggs for a week after that.
John Watson
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