Off the Map …. begins at Part One HERE.
Part Three
From what signs he noticed, it looked like the town’s name was Springdale. Jimmy parked his car and started strolling around the town center. It was a beautiful, pleasant and sunny day, and the warmth of the weather carried over to the residents who all had cheerful demeaners in the shops and on the sidewalks.
Jimmy thought that probably the local firehouse would be a good starting point for his visit. What better place to find the nicest motel or the best restaurants? And it’s always fun to play the “visiting fireman.” But he hadn’t seen the station yet, as he walked around, so he stopped in a little newsstand and asked the old guy inside who was selling the magazines and candy, where he could find the firehouse?
“Firehouse? We ain’t got no firehouse, mister,” the coot told him.
“Well what do you do when you get a fire?” Jimmy pressed him.
“Heh! You’re new here, ain’t ya, Bud?” He responded. “We’re a careful folk here in Springdale. We’ve never had a fire.”
Read Part Four HERE.
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