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Show -40- While her clothes were drying, she lay down and soon fell fast asleep. The tired girl slept a long time. She finally woke up very hungry, so she got dressed and began searching for food. Seeing some smoke coming from behind a haystack, she went to see what was causing it. There, sitting against the haystack, was a man who looked like a hobo. He was roasting a hot dog over a small fire. This was no ordinary hobo. His ragged clothes were made of deep blue silk, with dozens of multi-colored satin patches sewn on with thread of gold. His bare feet were adorned with toe-rings of pearls and rubies, and his battered hat was made of finely fashioned silver wires. As he opened his mouth to take a bite, she saw that his teeth were all pure gold, with tiny diamonds imbedded in each tooth. "Hello, sir," said Sandy- "Would you please share a hot dog with me?" The startled hobo dropped his hot dog onto the ground. "W-who are you?" he stammered. "My name is Sandy, and I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything since yesterday morning." "You - you won't hurt me, will you?" asked the hobo, who began to tremble. "Of course not. Why should I want to hurt you?" smiled Sandy as she stepped closer to the strange man. "J-just stay where you are - here, here's., a hot dog! Here's TWO hot dogs. Y-you can even have a marshmellow - but stay away!" |
