The Engineer’s Thumb: History

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Title: The Engineer’s Thumb: History
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: So no one is doomed to repeat it.

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Granddad folded paper into snowflakes at Christmas, and birds that flapped their wings when you pulled the tail. He laughed, said it exercised both his hands.

But when my employer promised a very large bonus for a shady job, Grandad put his foot down. “Let me tell you, Jonah,” he said, holding up his four-fingered hand, “how I lost this.”