First Corn

A story from the world of The Little Ambulance War of Winchester County

Part of the Trowbridge Dispatch Series.

Al of Trowbridge Rescue works a shift on a commercial ambulance on the day that Vermont experiences the first ears of sweet corn. One medic says: "I gwanna eat so much corn, I'll shit kernals 'til Thursday. ” He partner replies, "The butter and salt will drip down my chin”. The crew of two ambulances celebrate an ersatz holiday. The fifth installment in the Trowbridge Dispatch collection of short stories. Trowbridge Dispatch is part of the Trowbridge, Vermont series of novels and stories, wherein I. M. Aiken draws on her roots in public safety to narrate tales of the everyday heroes that every community depends on.