from from I break everything I touch. The pet department -- My life and hard times -- Preface to a life -- The night the bed fell -- The car we had to push -- The day the dam broke -- The night the ghost got in -- More alarms at night -- A sequence of servants -- The dog that bit people -- University days -- Draft board nights -- A note at the end -- from The middle-aged man on the flying trapeze -- The gentleman is cold -- The departure of Emma Inch -- There's an owl in my room -- A portrait of Aunt Ida -- How to listen to a play -- I went to Sullivant -- Snapshot of a dog -- from Let your mind alone! -- A dozen disciplines -- Nine needles -- Suli Suli -- Highball flags -- The hiding generation -- A couple of hamburgers -- from My world and welcome to it -- The secret life of Walter Mitty -- The Macbeth murder mystery -- Cartoons -- from The Thurber carnival -- Memoirs of a drudge -- The catbird seat -- from The beast in me -- The lady on the bookcase -- A guide to the literary pilgrimage -- from Thurber country -- File and forget -- My own ten rules for a happy marriage -- The figgerin' of Aunt Wilma -- from Lanterns and lances -- How to get through the day -- from Collecting himself -- How to tell a fine old wine -- Memoirs of a banquet speaker -- from People have more fun than anybody -- I like dogs -- More ice added to U.S. as thousands cheer -- The story of the bicycle -- I break everything I touch.
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