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Last year, Jack Peterson that he had come into a small fortune after his uncle Fester had . His uncle had been a heavy smoker for many years and hadn't been able to on his smoking. Jack got on well with his uncle Fester, and often on him to see what he was up to . One summer, uncle Fester promised to cut down on his cigarette smoking after having taken 3 months to an extremely bad cough. Jack had him those 3 months and, a number of times, he had told off uncle Fester. Then he a brilliant idea to make uncle Fester give up his nasty habit. He had the local cancer society telephone uncle Fester. When they called, he told them to hold on and then put uncle Fester through . They proceeded to make out that they were looking for a volunteer to to help look after the patients. Well, that frightened uncle Fester and he immediately swore to give up smoking. In fact, uncle Fester jogging in order to help him feel better. He even began to look down on other smokers (although he couldn't quite give smoking up himself). One day, as he on his morning run, he a stand in the distance. A new society had that day looking for people willing to bring up young puppies. Uncle Fester immediately went for a cute Dalmatian, and ended up taking on this new responsibility. Now, three years later Jack had come into the "small fortune" which reminded him every day of his wonderful, if not wise, uncle Fester.