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face=Arial>White Canes and
Windmills<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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face=Arial>In his bedroom, Danny picked up his long white cane, his first. Its
weight was easy to handle. Holding it up and straight out before him, he gave it
a tentative sword-like, back-and-forth swish. This would be his first day using
it at school and he couldn’t kid himself, he was nervous about how people would
react to him.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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face=Arial>“Danny,” his mother called up to him from downstairs. “Come down. You
need to start walking to school, son.”
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Sixty seconds, Mom.” Lowering the cane, positioning it at center,
Danny tapped it left to right in the two-point touch method he had been taught.
“Wonder what the girls will think?” Danny looked inward and began to
fantasize…</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
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face=Arial>It was a warm day. It was after school and he was walking home, using
his new cane. At Maple and <st1:place w:st="on">Main</st1:place>, the usual
group of snooty girls was gathered, visiting. Danny knew they saw him coming;
his stride was confident, shoulders back, head up, swinging in a steady rhythm,
arching his cane, not staring down at shuffling feet like before. He was
truckin’!</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
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face=Arial>DING-DING, the ice-cream truck drove by.
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Oh, stop, stop!” Cried all the girls, but the truck kept on rolling
down the street.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“I’ll stop him!” In his dream, Danny leaps forward; cane flashing; he
sprints down the walk; catches up with the truck; reaches out and taps the
windshield with his cane tip; the truck
stops.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
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face=Arial>“Danny…” his mother calls again.
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Yes Mom, just 40 seconds.” Feeling excited about what he might be
able to use his cane for, Danny lifts it up, this time in the on-guard sword
position. In his fantasy he is now on the neighborhood playground, walking with
his cane and . . .</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Hey Squint, where’s your magnifying glasses and what’s that wimpy
stick?” The blunt end of a baseball bat poked into Danny’s stomach, punctuating
the bully’s last word.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>Danny jumps back, whirls a three-sixty and with the tip of his cane
flicks the bully’s baseball hat off his head.
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Hey!” Taken by surprise, the bully retaliates, swinging the bat.
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>The WHOOSH of the oncoming danger cues Danny to step back and the bat
swings by harmlessly. Countering with his trusty cane, Danny steps forward and
spanks the bully sharply on the seat of his
pants.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“OUCH! Grrr, I’ll get you for that!” Bat pulled back for another
swing, the bully leaps
forward.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>Danny jumps onto a lower rung of a set of climbing bars; the bully
swings again; Danny sidesteps; RING the bat strikes the bars; the bat brakes;
the bully yells with the pain of the splintering wood in his hands; Danny
thrusts out, inserting the dirty tip of his cane into the bully’s open mouth.
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Danny?” His mother’s voice brings him back. “Are you
coming?”</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Twenty seconds, Mom.” Danny’s pumped, his thoughts are racing,
seeing great potential for him and his new cane; maybe even school-wide fame. .
.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>The scene is the crowded school’s playground. He visualizes the
towering structures of the wind turbines lining the edge of the school’s
property. This was recess and the kids were doing what they’ve done since the
windmills were built--they watched the whirling propellers, boasting on what
they’d do if they could climb the towers.
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>Walking out in front of all the gathered students, Danny snaps on a
hook to the tip-end of his cane; he jumps skyward; he hooks a blade as it swings
down; he is lifted up and rides around waving to the astonishment and admiration
of all. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Danny, you need to come down,
now!”</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK46"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK47"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK52"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK53"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"><FONT
face=Arial>“Yes, Mom.” New cane in hand, Danny speeds downstairs, ready to
tackle the day.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK55"></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK54"></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></P></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert Leslie Newman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Author of THOUGHT PROVOKER</FONT></DIV>
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