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to remember all the stories in sequence, or use the Peg sys-
tem to remember them by number.
Perhaps you've heard the gag that has been making the
rounds recently about the Flying Saucer that landed in
America. Out stepped a creature from outer space—brushed
himself off with one of his six arms, looked around with the
one large eye in the center of his forehead, and kept his
antennae alert for any sounds.
After exploring a bit, he finally approached a gas station,
walked over to the gasoline pump, saluted, and demanded,
"Take me to your President"!

Well, if you hadn't heard this before, and wanted to
remember it with perhaps ten or twelve other stories—you
could use either, flying saucer, creature from outer space or,
gasoline pump as your Key Word for this story. Any one of
these would surely bring the entire story to mind, if you
liked it in the first place.
Although I'm sure that many of you will find some prac-
tical use for it, one of the memory stunts I sometimes use