И проиграли бой

           Mactriedtosoothehim."Let’sgooverandseeAl,"hesuggested."Al’saswellguy.Iwanttoseehim."

           "Well,he’sallbustedup.Theykicked’iminthehead,too."

           Macedgedhimslowlyaway,forthemenwerebeginningtomovein,towardtheshrillvoice."Whatyoublamingusfor?"hesaid."Wedidn’tdoit.Itwasthoseniceneighborsofyours."

           "Yes,butitwouldn’tofhappenedifwedidn’tgetmixedupwithyou."

           Macturnedangrilyonhim."Listen,mister,weknowyougotasockintheteeth;littleguyslikeyouandmegetitallthetime.We’retryin’tomakeitsoguyslikeyouwon’tgetit."

           "Thatwagoncosteighteenhundreddollars.Why,man,Ican’tgointownwithoutthekidsthrowrocksatme.Youruinedus,that’swhatyoudid."

           Macasked,"How’sAlfeelaboutit?"

           "IthinkAl’sredashellhimself.Onlypeoplehe’ssoreatarethementhatdidit."

           "Al’sgotagoodhead,"Macsaid."Alseesthewholething.Youwouldofbeenoutonyourcananyway.Now,ifyougetbounced,yougotabigbunchofmeninbackofyou.Thesemenaren’tgoingtoforgetwhatyou’redoingfor’em.Andwe’llputaguardaroundyourhousetonight.I’llhavethedoctorcomeoverprettysoonandlookatAl."

           Theoldmanturnedtiredly,andwalkedaway.

           Smokefromtherustystoveshunglowoverthecamp.Themenhadbeguntomoveintowardthesmelloffryingpork.