MORGANTON, NC — The Grunwald family was enjoying a nice day together this morning as Mr. Grunwald got ready for work and Mrs. Grunwald packed the kids' lunches. But this paradisical scene was not to last. For alas, the Grunwalds heard a sound, a harbinger of woe, a carrion call of sorrow: the garbage truck coming down the street.

"Honey - did you take out the trash last night?" asked Mrs. Grunwald, frozen in horror.

"Oh. Oh no!" cried Mr. Grunwald. He shoved her out of the way and dashed for the garbage cans on the side of the house. The garbage truck came on, nearer and nearer. He fumbled with the side gate, and still the garbage truck came on. He tripped over a sprinkler head as he tried to wheel the bin down to the curb, but still, the garbage truck came on. He sprinted for the curb,

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