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Contributed By: Bob Comenole
Bob Comenole is a Skaneateles resident and author of five books. He is currently working on a screenplay sequel to “It’s a Wonderful Life.” This holiday season he published a five-part serial in the Sunday edition of the Auburn Citizen. Below are excerpts of each part, along with links to the full chapters.
Chapter 1: A Forgotten Rose
“In those days, Doc Winsor owned the only trampoline outside of Iowa. What they then called the Rebound Tumbler. His own daughter Nellie became a gymnastic wonder, but her best friend Mabel Hazelton was the real draw. Mabel was small for 11, short-legged and bony, but she could propel herself to mind-boggling heights. “No fair,” they teased, “you eat Mexican jumping beans!” On a campaign tour, before he ever became president, Franklin Roosevelt swung by Doc’s neighborhood, awash with children. Trying to gain their attention, he joked about which they’d rather see: the planet Pluto, which had just been discovered, or the newly built Empire State Building. And to his great shock, they shouted back, “wouldn’t he rather see Mabel fly?”"
