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Not much chance, completely cut loose from purpose, |
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he was a young man riding a bus through North Carolina on the way to somewhere. |
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And it began to snow. |
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And the bus stopped at a little cafe in the hills and the passengers entered. |
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And he sat at the counter with the others, and he ordered, the food arrived. |
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And the meal was particularly good. |
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And the coffee. |
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The waitress was unlike the women he had known. |
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She was unaffected, and there was a natural humor which came from her. |
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And the fry cook said crazy things. |
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And the dishwasher in back laughed a good clean pleasant laugh. |
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And the young man watched the snow through the window. |
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And he wanted to stay in that cafe forever. |
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The curious feeling swam through him that everything was beautiful there. |
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And it would always stay beautiful there. |
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And then the bus driver told the passengers that it was time to board. |
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And the young man thought: "I'll just stay here, I'll just stay here." |
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And then he rose and he followed the others into the bus. |
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He found his seat and looked at the cafe through the window. |
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And then the bus moved off, down a curve, downward, out of the hills. |
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And the young man looked straight forward. |
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And he heard the other passengers speaking of other things, |
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or they were reading or trying to sleep. |
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And they hadn't noticed the magic. |
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And the young man put his head to one side, |
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closed his eyes, and pretended to sleep. |
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There was nothing else to do, |
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just to listen to the sound of the engine, |
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and the sound of the tires |
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in the snow |
