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The pipe Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is called The Pipe. It was written by Katherine Wenersby, here is Shep ONeal with the story.Mr. Dows store was widely known throughout the neighborhood. It sold many different things. Both old and young came here to shop for special items. They could find kitchens, large and small wallets to hold coins and paper money, packs of playing cards, pins and sewing needles, cigarettes and pipes, and a great many other items. They were nicely placed on the shelves.Every day after school, little Joy came to the store to look around. He loved to look at the pipes. One pipe especially caught his eye. He kept staring at it every time he came back to the store. He could not take his eyes off it. He imagined that some day he would be a grown man and could smoke a pipe, just like this one.He did not remember his father, but he knew his Dad smoke the pipe. Joy reached out and touched the pipe. He ran a finger along its stem. He kept thinking that when he was old enough, he would go to work and his mother could stay home. He would not have to wait three hours after school until she came home from her job. He would leave his job and go straight home. His mother would be there, and supper would be ready waiting for him. After supper they would talk, he would sit back and smoke his pipe as his father did. It was a warm picture of the two of them and their life together. It was an exciting dream. Oh, why? He wondered, did it take so long to grow up and take his father’s place.He looked around the store. Nobody was looking. He put the bowl of the pipe in his hand. He just wanted to get the feel of it, nothing more. He looked at it with intense pleasure. He was lost in his dream, wishing he could be like his father, a father he tried hard to remember.Suddenly he was shocked out of his dream. He heard footsteps behind him. He was frightened, he turned around quickly; it was Mr. Dow, the friendly stor