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Show 61 Lately I'd been teaching Stinky to play football in the backyard. It was too narrow to do xx anything but slam straight into each other back there and I had a great time blasting Stinky to bits, his mother's scarf waving, his ixxxaxaa borrowed helmet launched, ixka his body sread like an X. But Sixxxx it turned out Stinky knew how to play chess. That xxx was the first time it hit me that Stinky was a human being. He and Edju sat there ooping and booping like a circus organ everytime one of them made a move. Apparently Worldese came to Stinky instinctively. Big Dick had made Stinky get a crew cut, which went real bad with the scarf, but Stinky could sure play chess and match 000-000 very so-so's with Edju. Stinky got beat and told Edju he'd had a delightful time. "I never have a delightful time playing football," said Stinky. After that Edju went into the kitchen with the adults and things got real quiet, so something big was coming down. Then Edju and Aunt Elizabeth got ready to leave. Neda called Edju Uncle Ed as he went out the door and he stopped and gave her five bucks. xxxxxxxXxwaxxxixxxxBaxx It got to be August again and again the pears were getting ripe and one day Red came home from work and opened the drawer he kept his journal in and took it into the holy room where Helen was praying. He put it down next to her. "You think I'm stupid," he said to Helen. "Read that." Helen got up from in front of The Infant and ran her index finger axis over the notebook. "Joseph and Andrew are old enough for a babysitter," she said. "I'm going to a look for work." Red didn't say anything, but Helen didn't find a job and I've never seen Red pick up another god-damn book. Just before Thanksgiving Red got layed-off from work and then nobody had nothin. RaSxxxxxxxkaxdxaiaxxiaxxxaaxx |