"Tiny Bock noticed the raccoon and placed the two halves of
the egg on a tuft of grass. As Tiny moved to the cab of the
truck, the raccoon, a female, scurried forward and scooped up
the two egg halves. The coon took the two halves to a muddy
pool of water and rolled the egg in the water to wash it
preparatory to eating. Tiny Bock, who had taken his shotgun
from the cab of the truck, fired once. Eight of the twelve
slugs hit the raccoon, reducing it to an unrecognizable spot
of fur and blood."
From the opening chapter of a well-known hardboiled
novel.
Al
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