Folks that live in Kansas seem to love it. One person, surrounded by fireflies as she walked her dogs one starry evening, told me “living in Kansas is a well-kept secret– don’t tell anyone.”
Mrs. Bales lost an eye in the storm and it was several weeks before it was found. Her son, C.R. Bales, was one day walking in the wheat field north of the Bales’ house and he accidentally stumbled on it. As he was walking he happened to look down at his feet and there was that eye staring up at him. He picked it up and found the glass was as good as ever, so he gave it to his mother and now she can see as well as ever.
Quotation from C.E. Williams (as quoted by Professor Tom Averill of the Washburn University Center for Kansas Studies)
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