In Watermelon Sugar, The Missing Last Chapter(s)

Margaret Again, Again, Again, Again, Again, Again

or

Margaret, For The Last Time

or

The Last Chapter

(Original, 1988)

     The musicians played wonderfully as we all danced. I think it was one of their best performances I had ever heard. Old Chuck watched while Pauline and I waltzed. We danced together most of the night, but Charley and Fred cut in every once in a while.
     Afterwards everyone left smiling. Pauline and I headed back to my shack. We paused crossing the bridge to my shack and looked into the river. We saw the old trout looking up at us.
     I said, "He sure does get around for a trout that age."
     Pauline hummed a smile. I took her hand in mine. We continued across the bridge. I thought how I would never hear that noise from the bridge again. We went into my shack and I closed the door.

(The original was temporarily lost creating a need for Version 2, Sept.25, 1991)

     The dance was probably one of the best that I or any one could remember for a long, long time.
     We said goodnight to Fred, Charley, and the rest and then Pauline and I headed up to my shack. We stopped on the bridge to my shack and looked in the river at the Grand Old Trout. He looked at us. We looked at him. He watched us as we headed toward my shack.
     When we got to the door I realised that I would never hear the board that used to make noise make noise again.