I says, 'What'll take?' He says, 'What've you got?' I says, 'Twenty-eight dollars and fifteen cents.' He says, 'You got a deal. She use a little oil, but outside a' that, she's cherry.' Don't pay no mind to that whirrin' sound. He says, 'Her shaft is bent and her rear end leaks, you can fix her quick with an oily rag. Well, I kicked the tires and I got in the seat and set on a petrified apple core and found a bunch of field mice livin' in the glove compartment.
And settin' right there in a pool of grease was a half-ton Chevy pickup truck with a 1960 license plate, a bumper sticker says 'Vote for Dick' and a Barilla box full of rusty parts, and Bob says 'Whaddya think?'. Well, we all went past the chicken house, through the hog pen, down to the tractor shed, and then wound up in back of the barn in a field of cowpies. Then I knocked three times and wiped my feet, the dog let go and the screen door opened and Bob come out and says 'Whaddya want?' I says, 'Come to see your truck.' He says, 'Follow me.
Well, I tooled on east on County 12, turned right on the one-lane gravel road, and I parked in the yard and a German shepherd come out and grabbed onto my leg. Well, I called Bob up on the telephone, he says, 'Hello, this is Bob speakin'.' I says 'This here the Bob got the pickup truck for sale?' He says, 'Yeah.' I says, 'Where are ya?' He says, 'Fourteen east on County 12, turn right on the one-lane gravel road, you can park in the yard, beware of the dog, wipe your feet off, knock three times, and bring your billfold.' Call One-four-oh, ring two, and ask for Bob.' Will sell or swap for a hide-a-bed and thirty-five bucks. It said, 'Take imme-di-ate delivery on this '57 Chevrolet half-ton pickup truck. I's thumbin' through the want ads in the Shelby County Tribune when this classified advertisement caught my eye.
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