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Show 54 looked like they were hiding a lot of nothing. Red put his fist up to Stubie*s face. xxxxxxixaxixxxxxxxxaxaxx£Bxxxx&xxxxx± When Stubie xxx finally got aware enough to focus on it Red popped him in the nofe. sxxiX Stubie Stucka was out. "Jesus," said Big Dick Jinx. "If you can't win the little ones, you won't win the big ones," said Red. Funly was already feeling good enough to eat and grunting like a tickled piggy, but the xa rest of us wax already figured we were in worse shape than ever. Georgie Gorky was aixxxax already checking his pockets for something to give Stubie when he walked him home. But when Stubie came to he seemed like a happy kid. He had pop and chips and even played a game with Red where Red hid his hands behind his back and put a quarter in one and nothing in the other. When he put his fists out Stubie had to guess which one had the quarter and if he guessed wrong Red slapped him in the head. Red slapped the shit out of Stubie and Stuhie only won fifty cents. I played, but quit after two slaps. When Stubie left he told Red he was going to get him back some day, but when he saw Red anytime after that all he wanted to do was play that quarter game. Things broke up and Red and me went back to the house. We put our equipment back in the shed. Helen sat in the living room watching the old Zenith with Joseph and Andrew on the couch and Neda sat in the corner of the couch eating a candy x bar. That's the first time I noticed Neda was getting fat. "You must be out of your mind!" said Helen. She raised her arms over her head. Red grinned like a snake and sat down next to the Zenith, his favorite spot. He never watched TV, he only watched people watching TV. "What," said Red. "Parading around." Neda was melting chocolate in her palm and spreading it on her face. "Stop that," said Red. "Everyone in this house is crazy," said Neda, which would gx have been wrong if Neda hadn't been spreading chocolate on her face. »We just had a little fun," Red said to Helen. "Everyone else has beerKpamliiig around Why can't I parade around?" |