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"Hal was the hero of the day. The newspapers, who got the story at the airport, hounded him until he conquered his shyness, just to get rid of them. They made the most of the story, and Hal was almost afraid to leave the house, for fear some of his friends would meet him in the street, because Hal was still the same modest retiring soul that he had been. But he did leave the house to go down to the hospital to see Pat, along with Bob and Captain Bill. Pat was sitting outside in a wheelchair when they came, and they sat down on the grass beside him, and talked about their postponed trip. "Do you know," said Captain Bill, "when we come back from our trip, there's something that's going to keep me busy." "What's that?" asked Bob. "I'm going to collect all of those stories we told into a book. What do you think of that for an idea?" "Great!" said Bob. "All of our stories? Mine, too?" "Sure, all of them."