MY, WHAT BIG MUSCLES YOU HAVE, DOCTOR!

My, What Big Muscles You Have, Doctor! 

When Christy left her city home to be a schoolteacher at a backwoods mission, she dreamed of adventure. She
wasn't ready for the real challenges of life in these mountains. She'd have given up, if not for Dr. Muscles. She
came to Cutter Gap to teach but he shows her everyday she's here to learn. 

Christy Rudd Huddleston arrived to the El Pano station and suddenly found herself alone. No one was there to
greet her. She learned that the mailman, Mr. Ben Pentland, was heading to Cutter Gap, where the mission was, so
she tagged along with him. It was a very long walk! 

As Christy and Mr. Pentland were traveling along to the mission house, they stopped by Jeb Spencer’s cabin.
There they met a gruesome sight. A man had been hit on the head by a tree and needed an operation right away.
There were no hospitals nearby, so the doctor came to operate on the man in the Spencer’s cabin. 

When Christy first saw the doctor approach her to introduce himself, she blurted out, “My, what big muscles you
have, Doctor.” The doctor looked her over and said, “All the better to help this poor man.” 

A few weeks later, Christy and the Reverend David Grantland were riding out to another church David was to
preach at. But, as they attempted to cross a river on their horse and mule, Christy’s mule began to sink, and she
started to fall into the water. Nearby, Dr. Muscles was fishing in his favorite spot. Upon seeing Christy’s distress,
he lifted her off the sinking mule just in time, and carried her to his cabin to dry off. 

While being carried, Christy couldn’t help but blurt out once again, “My, what big muscles you have, doctor!” He
smiled into her blue eyes and answered, “All the better to help damsels in distress.” 

Not long after the creek incident, the mission held a party. People from all over the cove came to eat and
fellowship. Dr. Muscles approached Christy with two shiny red apples in his hands. He offered one to her, and
intending to thank him, she blurted out, “My, what big muscles you have, Doctor!” He laughed heartily and replied,
“All the better to offer red apples to beautiful school teachers!” 

Christy fell ill one day, and Dr. Muscles sat by her bedside holding her hand, praying that she would recover. He
kissed her forehead gently and Christy awoke much like Sleeping Beauty. She looked into his eyes and discovered
his love. Her eyes shone back with love as she whispered, “My, what big muscles you have, Doctor.” He kissed
her again and said, “All the better to hold you with, for the rest of our lives.” 

And they lived happily ever after. The end. 

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Rhonda (RC)