{"id":13405,"date":"2023-01-13T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.readoasis.com\/?p=13405"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:49:39","slug":"the-whirligig-of-life-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readoasis.com\/es\/archives\/13405","title":{"rendered":"The Whirligig of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>By O. Henry\nReadOasis Step 3\n(Part 1)\nNote: To \u201cwhirl\u201d means to spin, and a \u201cwhirligig\u201d is a child's toy having a whirling or spinning motion. A \u201cwhirligig\u201d is also something that spins, whirls, moves, or changes, like the spinning course of human events.\nJustice of the Peace Ben Widdup sat in the doorway of his office smoking his pipe. The Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee looked blue-gray in the afternoon sky. 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