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The Old Couple in Athens ((1995)(A Short Story))
An old man and his wife with raggedy old cloths on, and the man, with an warn smidgen hat, both droopy eyed, walked slowly down a hill, alongside of a road in Athens, Greece, in the fall of 1995, and with very dusty and patched cloths. They both stopped when they saw me. There was a small bridge that crossed over a canal, up ahead of them; I had been going the opposite way, and just crossed over it. A few cars and trucks drove by. They were peasants that had seemed to have trudged in an unimpressed manner, a long ways, for a lengthy while in high ankle wool socks.
They both stood there looking at me without moving. They were too tired to have a long conversation, and perhaps go much farther.
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Hats, beanies and caps are cute and fun things to buy or make. They are good to make as the fit is very forgiving. It is a small garment so made quickly and easily, by knitting or crocheting, or if you are a sucker for punishment on a sewing machine. My mom had one of those once many years ago.
When making one, you can make two of a kind very easily. All the mistakes on the first one and the good looking one is the second one. That way he has two almost identical hats so his favourite can then be the first one you made, the one that has all the character.
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