Butch hurries over to hug Homer.<\/p>\n
“Homer!” says Butch, “Oh, it’s good to see you, kid!” Butch hooks a thumb toward a sleeping Fred Derry. “Your friend, the Captain here, told me you were home, but I certainly didn’t expect you in so soon!”<\/p>\n
Homer smiles. “Hiya, Captain!” he says to Fred. Fred wakes up.<\/p>\n
“Hey, Homer! My old shipmate!” says Fred. “How are you, kid? Sit down!”<\/p>\n
“Swell!” says Homer. “So, you took my advice and came to Butch’s!”<\/p>\n
“Yeah!” says Fred.<\/p>\n
“Gosh,” says Homer, “Come on, let’s have a drink!”<\/p>\n
Steve the Bartender pops in. “Hello, Homer!” says Steve.<\/p>\n
“Hi, Steve!” says Homer.<\/p>\n
“Boy, am I happy to see you back home again!” says Steve. Homer holds out his prosthetic hand.<\/p>\n
“Oh, go ahead, shake!” says Homer, smiling. “It won’t bite cha!”<\/p>\n
Steve laughs and shakes Homer’s hook.<\/p>\n
“What’ll ya have?” asks Steve.<\/p>\n
“What’ll I have?” repeats Homer, straightening his cap. “How many times have I dreamed of hearing that question?” He turns to Derry. “You know, Fred, before I went in the Navy, Butch would never let me drink any liquor. He used to read me lectures on the curse of drink!” Homer nudges Butch. “But it’s different now!”<\/p>\n
Homer turns back to Steve. “I’m a veteran. Gimme a whiskey, Steve, straight!” He taps his hook on the bar counter.<\/p>\n
Steve turns to look at Butch. “How ’bout it, Butch?”<\/p>\n
Butch thinks a moment, then says, “Draw a beer for the Navy.”<\/p>\n
“Aw, Butch,” says Homer. “I ordered whiskey.”<\/p>\n
“Beer,” repeats Butch.<\/p>\n
“Beer,” says Steve, grabbing a beer glass.<\/p>\n
Homer turns to Fred. “I’m going to take my trade to some other joint, where I don’t have relatives.” Homer winks at Fred.<\/p>\n
Fred laughs.<\/p>\n
“Say, what are you doing here, anyway?” asks Butch. “Why aren’t you home with the folks?”<\/p>\n
“Well,” says Homer. “They went to bed and I wasn’t sleepy, so I thought, why not come down and see Butch?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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