"The Redemption (Mary's Stories)"
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale. A tale of a fateful trip. Well if that isn't just the story of her life, she thinks. Mary sees pictures right in her eyes of little tiny lions and tigers. Mary drives her ancient oldsmobile into her house and walks around in a big circle in her living room as the lions and tigers chew on various carcasses. Mary goes to the post office, addresses a large empty box to "Lions and Tigers, c/o the veldt" and mails it second class. The lions and tigers become real. On the very next day, the box is delivered to Ivanka Trump, and Mary is selected to represent Clifton Forge in the Miss Teen Virginia pageant even though she doesn't live there and is thirty-four. Of all the stories Mary cold tell you about her life, somehow the next one always manages to top them.