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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch

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W
atch
out for
those rop
e
s
there,
tied
t
o
the
s
p
ear. Those
are ho
l
di
n
g
m
y s
m
oke
fl
a
p
s wh
er
e
I w
a
nt t
h
e
m
.”
Julie
wa
r
n
e
d
.

Are
yo
u
h
un
g
r
y
?
H
o
w
abo
u
t
s
o
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
t
o
d
r
in
k
? I
h
a
v
e
s
o
m
e waka
la
p
i
,
or
w
a
t
er,
or
s
o
da
i
n
t
h
at
c
o
o
l
er
t
h
e
re!
A
re
yo
u
su
re
yo
u
a
re
not
h
un
g
r
y
?
I
h
av
e
so
m
e
fry
b
r
ead
in
that
bowl
over
t
h
ere,”
Julie
offer
e
d,
po
i
n
ti
n
g with her li
p
s.
Aga
i
n,
L
e
na
was
s
tr
u
ck
by t
h
e
si
m
ilarity
betwe
e
n
h
e
r
par
e
nts, gr
an
d
m
other,
and
J
u
lie.
It
had
n
e
ver
st
r
u
ck
her
as
un
u
s
u
al
t
h
at
her par
e
n
t
s
wo
u
l
d
use
t
h
eir
li
p
s
,
i
n
s
t
ead
of
a
f
in
g
er
or
thu
m
b,
t
o
i
nd
i
cate w
h
ich
d
i
rection
t
h
ey wo
u
l
d
l
i
k
e for
y
o
u
to
l
o
o
k
,
u
n
til
s
h
e saw
J
u
lie
d
o
it. It
m
ade
her
warm t
o
wa
r
d
t
h
e
g
e
ne
ro
us
wo
m
an
ev
e
n
m
o
re.
She
f
e
lt relax
e
d
a
n
d at
ho
m
e.
"Have
y
o
u
ev
e
r
seen
the
inside
of
a
ti
p
i
?
N
o
?
Well
t
h
en
g
o
a
h
ead and h
a
ve
a
p
eek
i
n
s
i
de! I t
h
i
n
k t
h
at
m
y
h
u
sb
an
d
M
att
h
ew
is d
o
ne cha
n
gi
n
g
. He
h
ad better be by
n
o
w
!
Did
you
see
t
h
e
Tra
d
itio
n
al
Da
n
cer
with
t
h
e
w
h
ite,
b
l
ue
a
n
d
red
re
g
alia
and
HUGE
r
o
ach
earl
i
e
r
?
T
h
at's
h
i
m
.
I
k
eep
telli
n
g
h
im
t
h
at
I
will
m
ake
an
N
d
N
out
o
f
him
y
e
t!
I
ke
e
p
teasing
him
t
h
at
he
is
m
y
‘token

 

 

54
Hoe
Co
l
as

H
e
llo
f
r
iends
w
h
ite
gu
y
,’
a
n
d
t
h
e
r
u
n
n
i
n
g
jo
k
e
in
my
f
a
m
i
l
y
is
t
h
at
a
l
o
t
of
m
y
m
a
le relat
i
ves
h
a
ve
bl
o
nde
or
re
d-
h
e
aded
w
h
ite
wo
m
en
ha
n
g
i
n
' ar
ou
nd
l
oo
k
i
n
'
f
o
r
N
d
N
na
m
e
s,
a
n
d
n
o
w
I
c
a
n
g
o
o
n
e
better
'
cause I
have
m
y
own
c
o
wb
o
y
! Well, I
t
h
i
n
k
he
'
s
a
ke
e
p
e
r
a
n
y
wa
y
!" Ju
l
ie
jok
e
d w
i
th
a smile, as
h
er g
u
ests loo
k
ed insi
d
e t
h
e ti
p
i w
i
th
awed
ex
p
ressi
on
s
.
"It
'
s
an
eighteen
f
oot
e
r,
a
nd we
h
a
ve tried
to
f
u
r
n
i
sh
it as a
u
t
h
e
n
tically
a
s
p
o
ssi
b
le
o
v
er
t
h
e
years. Anyway, I
th
i
n
k
there
is
s
o
m
e
w
o
j
a
p
e
55
left,
unless
Jaw
s
,
I
m
ean
m
y nephew
Ja
co
b,
go
t to
it firs
t
!
I us
u
a
ll
y
have
t
o
g
i
ve
h
i
m
h
i
s
o
w
n
b
o
wl
of
w
o
j
a
pe
s
o
t
h
at
t
h
e
rest
of
us can
get
s
o
m
e!
Cha,
t
h
at boy
c
an eat!

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