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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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