Sixteen Nine-Patch Blocks

 

When a visitor to a town in Alabama spotted a dog attacking a boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his bare hands. An impressed reporter witnessed the incident and told the man the next day's headline would scream, "Valiant Local Man Saves Child by Killing Vicious Animal." "That's nice, "said the hero, "But I'm not actually from this town." "That's all right," the reporter said, "Instead, the headline will say 'Alabama Man Saves Child by Killing Dog.'” "I'm not from Alabama," said the man, "I'm from New Hampshire." "In that case," the reporter grumbled, "Tomorrow's headline will be 'Yankee Kills Family Pet.'"