Hi, this is Chuck Ragged. I'm the writer for today's episode of the Lyft 312 Noelle.

If you enjoy the story, you can find more of my work on the nine-story podcast.

Also, you can see a sample of my three-dimensional model work at the Krenegi Museum of

Natural History's Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians, where my corn planters grant Indian

village model was on permanent display in their Iroquois sections. No, the miniature version

of Victoria's apartment building is not there, I think. Find more episodes of the Lyft at Victoria's Lyft.com. Do you hear me?

I am Victoria.

Once upon a time, there was a place that became lost.

It is a place where story and substance combine, where the reality of story

shapes thoughts, where fantasy becomes tangible. This is that place. Those who find themselves here are here to make a choice.

The choices you made in the past don't matter.

But the choice you make now is the one that will set your fate. Hit me again, Sarge.

The U.S. Army officer smacked his shot glass down on the bar and shoved it toward the bartender.

Make it a double. Coming right up.

Sarge readjusted his Santa hat,

reached for a bottle of Old Forrester,

and poured a generous two fingers' worth into the empty glass.

Above the back bar,

a small black-and-white Philco television set,

flanked by two Christmas wreaths,

showed newsreel footage recapping the recently ended Berlin

airlift.

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