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owner of Duncan’s Plumbing Supply Services He walked out of the doorway of his shop plunger in hand Grandpa Duncan had been a plumber in Kansas City for almost forty years and his shop carried every (cid:78)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:76)(cid:83)(cid:72)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:73)(cid:68)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:15)(cid:3)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:192)(cid:91)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:88)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:3)(cid:76)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:17)(cid:3) Grandpa Duncan took the same kind of pride in his work that his grandson took in his art because to Grandpa Duncan plumbing was an art Each of you has your own ideas Grandpa Duncan said as he dropped paint cans at the boys feet I get that But sometimes things like this here mural are just too big for any one person to do alone You have to work together You know it’s a lot like plumbing (cid:55)(cid:75)(cid:72)(cid:3) (cid:78)(cid:76)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:3) (cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:71)(cid:3) (cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:3) (cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:193)(cid:72)(cid:3) (cid:68)(cid:3) (cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:82)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:3) (cid:69)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:88)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:3) (cid:42)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:3) Duncan thought everything was like plumbing soccer tournaments science fair projects camping trips the list went on In a house you have pipes running every which way And when the system is working the way it should you can take a shower at the same time your mother is running the dishwasher But if just one pipe gets clogged all the pipes in the house can back up Grandpa Duncan concluded without missing a beat And that’s why you have to work together You kids get what I’m saying 7
getting what he was saying at all All right then Grandpa Duncan grinned Let’s get this show on the road You kids brought the talent and I brought the tools Some very special tools The kids crowded around as Grandpa Duncan Yup Yes sir Uh-huh the boys said not began prying open the dusty old paint buckets Whoa Phil said It wasn’t like any paint they’d ever seen before The colors were so rich and so vibrant that they almost seemed to glow 8
It took a moment but Phlox’s reporter instincts kicked back in What kind of paint is this Mr Horn I don’t see any labels Oh you can’t buy paint like this at any store Grandpa Duncan said with a twinkle in his eye opening a big box of brushes rollers spray paint everything they needed But I have it on good authority that it will really make your artwork come to life Rumpus grabbed a brush dipped it in the paint and held it aloft What are we waiting for Let’s paint a mural 9
