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All of his life George from Cape Breton had heard
stories of an amazing family tradition. It seems that his
father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been
able to walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that
day, they'd walk across the lake to the boat club for
their first legal drink.
So when George's 21st birthday came around, he and his
pal Corky took a boat out to the middle of the lake.
George stepped out of the boat and nearly drowned!
Corky just managed to pull him to safety.
Furious and confused, George went to see his
grandmother. "Grandma, it's my 21st birthday, so why can't I
walk across the lake like my father, his father, and his
father before him?"
Granny looked into George's eyes and said, "Because
your father, grandfather and great grandfather were
born in January, you were born in July."
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