《Harry the Book Christmas Eve at Harvey Wallbanger's》作者： - Mike Resn

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Christmas Eve at Harvey Wallbanger's: A Harry the Book Story Written by Mike Resnick So we are sitting around Joey Chicago's 3-Star Tavern, with the wind howling outside the front door and sounding just like Velvet Voice Vinnie singing off-key. I am nursing an Old Washensox, minding my own business, which of course is dependent on whether Aqueduct comes up muddy on Christmas Day. Gently Gently Dawkins has been studying the crossword puzzle in the newspaper for the past twenty minutes, trying to come up with a four-letter word for "stupid," when Benny Fifth Street suddenly remembers what night it is. "Hey, Joey!" says Benny. "Did you ever patch that hole in your roof?" "It ain't snowing on you, is it?" shoots back Joey Chicago from behind the bar. "That's good," says Gently Gently, looking up from his puzzle. "I wouldn't want no reindeer falling on top of me." "Right," agrees Benny. "Then it'd be 'Off, Dancer! Off Prancer! Off all you other horned nags!' instead of 'On, Dancer! and so forth.'" "Are you sure there was a Prancer?" asks Gently Gently. "Absolutely," says Benny. "There's got to be, if it's going to rhyme with Dancer." "That