He unwittingly helps Winslow rob a failing bank with no money and later inspires the poet to work on Wall Street. Upon returning home, Edward becomes a travelling salesman and crosses paths with Winslow. He parachutes into the middle of a North Korean military show, steals important documents, and convinces Siamese twins Ping and Jing to help him go home in exchange for making them celebrities. Shortly after, Edward is drafted into the army and sent to fight in the Korean War. Not long after, Don soon dies of a heart attack as the witch had prophesied. Don brutally beats up Edward, prompting Sandra to break off their engagement and marry Edward. She tells him that she is engaged to Edward's childhood peer, Don. Amos, upon returning to normal, reveals the woman's name to be Sandra Templeton, and that she attends Auburn University.Įdward goes to Auburn via cannon, and stalks Sandra for many days, even going so far as to plant thousands of daffodils outside of her dorm bedroom. Three years later, Edward discovers that Amos is secretly a werewolf and is attacked by him, but avoids getting him shot with a silver bullet by playing fetch until he turns back into human in the morning. Karl and Edward get jobs in the circus, where the ringmaster Amos Calloway reveals to Edward one detail about the woman at the end of every month. However, Edward leaves Spectre, unwilling to settle down but promising Jenny he will return.Įdward and Karl reunite and visit the Calloway Circus, where Edward falls in love with a beautiful young woman. There, he befriends Ashton poet Norther Winslow and the mayor's daughter Jenny. Edward follows a path through a swamp and discovers the secret town of Spectre, the cheery locals claiming he was expected. Edward and Karl find a fork in the road and travel down separate paths. He sets out into the world with a misunderstood giant, Karl, who was terrorizing the town by eating livestock from the surrounding farms. He then became a locally famous sportsman before being driven by his ambition to leave his hometown. He claims to have once been bedridden for three years due to his rapid growth spurts. Edward, in spite of his illness, continues to tell the story of his life to Will and Joséphine. During the plane ride, Will recalls a story of Edward's childhood encounter with a witch, who shows him his death in her glass eye. Three years later in 2003, Edward is stricken with cancer, so Will and his pregnant French wife Joséphine return to the town of Ashton, Alabama, to spend time with his father. Will, having heard these stories all his life, believes them to be lies and falls out with his father. At Will Bloom's wedding party in 2000, his father Edward recalls the day Will was born, claiming he caught an enormous catfish using his wedding ring as bait.
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