““One morning when he was about thirteen, Den and I were in the barn doing the before-breakfast chores. I was in the milking stall, Den in the driveway. He must have been thinking about Maury, for after a while he said, "Dad, Maury Telleen is not very tall. Did you ever notice that?" "Yes," I said. And probably I was about to tell him he should mind his manners, but he wasn't finished. He said, "But you never think of him as a little man. Did you ever notice that?" "Yes," I said. "I have noticed that.””
