Mosh Henry decided to stop in at Mother Mary’s for breakfast. When he walked in he was surprised to see the sheriff sitting there. The sheriff never ate at Mother Mary’s even though Mary was his mother. He always said that she was a lousy cook when he was growing up and age hadn’t improved her cooking. Deputy Joe Bob was there too. He, on the other hand, was chowing down on a big bowl of grits.

Mosh didn’t feel uncomfortable being around the sheriff. It was Joe Bob who worried him. Joe Bob was dumb but it would be just like him to stumble upon a way to get Mosh sent away to prison. Have to keep a good eye on him. One good eye was all Mosh had, due to an unfortunate accident at the “shop”.

Mosh was clearing up the remains of his eggs when the Crawford boys came in. One of them told Mosh that there was an awful leak at the back of his car. Mosh almost flew out the door, one step ahead of Joe Bob. Mosh was old but Joe Bob was getting fat.

Mosh saw the leak and knew he’d better get the car out if there. He couldn’t afford to have anyone looking too close at his car. Not with his special, extra tank with 30 gallons of moonshine in it. Joe Bob would love that. Mosh started to jump in the car just as Joe Bob, smoking a cigar, approached.

The sheriff said it sounded like thunder, real close by. Mosh flew out of the car and landed fifteen feet away. Then he slid another five feet. The sheriff came running over and asked if he was all right.

“Yea, I be fine. My car! It’s all burning!”

“Gee”, Joe Bob said, “Mosh got all his clothes burned off or blown off.”

Mosh looked down and then told Joe Bob and the sheriff, “Well, lookee here. I’m sittin here buck naked.”

Joe Bob told him he had lost all his hair too. Mosh looked down again. Sure enough, no hair. No hair anywhere. Suddenly, Mosh jumped up and started running around, yelling, “I’s damaged, I’s damaged.”

The sheriff was disgusted with Joe Bob, not a new feeling. “Well, was to go, Joe Bob. Mosh was sitting there being real quiet like until you opened your mouth. Now we got a crazy man running around. OK. On Mosh’s next pass by here, you grab him and take him over to Doc Beane’s. Early as it is, the doc shouldn’t be too drunk. I want the doc to shoot Mosh with something to shut him up.”

Joe Bob grabbed Mosh and wrestled him into the Patrol car. Mosh was old but stronger than he looked. He kept yelling at Joe Bob, “Joe Bob, I’s damaged!”

The sheriff watched them go off. Then he looked at what was left of Mosh’s car. Mosh feels bad now thinking he was damaged. He was going to feel a lot worse later when he realized that he lost all his shine. Yep, a lot worse.