>A story about Jesse (you'll be surprised!) >> >> >>This is a wonderful short story... but the end is >>just so wonderful…..you’ll enjoy it for sure….. >> >> >>Let me tell you, Jesse hated this job. >>And you would too, I imagine, if you had to do it. >> >> >>Jesse was a chicken plucker. That's right. >>He stood on a line in a chicken factory and spent his days >>pulling the feathers off dead chickens so the rest of us >>wouldn't have to. >> >>It wasn't much of a job. But at the time, >>Jesse didn't think he was much of a person. >> >>His father was a brute of a man. >>His dad was actually thought to be mentally ill >>and treated Jesse rough all of his life. >> >>Jesse's older brother wasn't much better. >>He was always picking on Jesse and beating him up. >> >>Yes, Jesse grew up in a very rough home in >>West Virginia. Life was anything but easy. >>and he thought life didn't hold much hope for him. >>That's why he was standing in this chicken line, >>doing a job that darn few people wanted. >> >>In addition to all the rough treatment at home, it seems >>that Jesse was always sick. Sometimes it was real >>physical illness, but way too often it was all in his head. >> >>He was a small child, skinny and meek. >>That sure didn't help the situation any. >> >>When he started to school, he was the object >>of every bully on the playground. >> >>He was a hypochondriac of the first order. >>for Jesse, tomorrow was not always something >>to be looked forward to. >>But, he had dreams. He wanted to be a ventriloquist. >>He found books on ventriloquism. He practiced with >>sock puppets and saved his hard earned dollars until >> >>He could get a real ventriloquist dummy. >>When he got old enough, he joined the military. >>And even though many of his hypochondriac symptoms >>persisted, the military did recognize his talents and put him in the entertainment corp. >>That was when his world changed. >>He gained confidence. >>He found that he had a talent for making people laugh, >>and laugh so hard they often had tears in their eyes. >>Yes, little Jesse had found himself. >> >>You know, folks, the history books are full of people >>who overcame a handicap to go on and make a success >>of themselves, but Jesse is one of the few I know of >>who didn't overcome it. Instead he used his paranoia >>to make a million dollars, and become one of >>the best-loved characters of all time in doing it! >> >>Yes, that little paranoid hypochondriac, who transferred >>his nervousness into a successful career, still holds the >>record for the most Emmy's given in a single category. >>The wonderful, gifted, talented, and nervous comedian >>Who brought us - >>Barney Fife >> >>Was >> >>Jesse Don Knotts >> >> >>NOW YOU KNOW, "THE REST OF THE STORY" >> >>There is a street named for him and his statue in >>Morgantown, West Virginia, his place of birth. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
