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           Tomchattingalong,mouthcrammedwithsandwich,Dadthere,alertasamountaincatonthelog,andTomlettingthewordsriselikequicksodabubblesinhismouth: 

           "BooksIread:fourhundred. MatineesIseen: fortyBuckJoneses,thirtyJackHoxies,forty-fiveTomMixes,thirty-nineHootGibsons,onehundredandninety-twosingleandseparateFelix-the-Catcartoons,tenDouglasFairbankses,eightrepeatsonLonChaneyinThePhantomoftheOpera, fourMiltonSillses,andoneAdolphMenjouthingaboutlovewhereIspentninetyhoursinthetheatertoiletwaitingforthemushtobeoversoIcouldseeTheCatandtheCanaryorTheBat, whereeverybodyheldontoeverybodyelseandscreamedfortwohourswithoutlettinggo. DuringthattimeIfigurefourhundredlollipops,threehundredTootsieRolls,sevenhundredice-creamcones... 

           TomrolledquietlyalonghiswayforanotherfiveminutesandthenDadsaid, "Howmanyberriesyoupickedsofar,Tom?" 

           "Twohundredfifty-sixonthenose!"saidTominstantly. 

           Dadlaughedandlunchwasoverandtheymovedagainintotheshadowstofindfoxgrapesandthetinywildstrawberries, bentdown,allthreeofthem,handscomingandgoing,thepailsgettingheavy,andDouglasholdinghisbreath,thinking, Yes,yes,it’snearagain!Breathingonmyneck,almost! Don’tlook!Work.Justpick,fillupthepail. Ifyoulookyou’llscareitoff. Don’tloseitthistime! Buthowdoyoubringitaroundherewhereyoucanseeit,stareitrightintheeye? How?How? 

           "Gotasnowflakeinamatchbox,"saidTom,smilingatthewine-gloveonhishand. 

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