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Show 88 you may as xxa well be thinking of leaving home for good." Karl xxaxaxmaxxxxxxxB handed me a rifle and the two of us headed out. "You didn't mention Sophie," I said to him. "By the time Sophie knew she was dead she'd have him torn to bits. He knows that." He shook his head. "Sophie aint the smartest woman in the world, but I aint got one god-damn complaint." Vie found a ixii clearing where we set some cans and bottles up and Karl showed me how to load and fire the rifle. I knew Red had xaxxiixkx all kinds of medals for shooting from when he was in the Marines, so I figured I'd have an eye too, and I was right. In a little bit I was hitting those cans like nothing. We knocked them all down, then walked over to set them up again. "Red doesn't like guns," said Karl. "No," I said. Karl shrugged. "That's what I like about your family. A lot of people don't like me because I'm poor and dirty, xstxaaxii gxxaxaxxxxk Like Red doesn't like guns. Doesn't like a lot of things about me, Helen either. I know. But they keep it to themselves." "It's not even that he doesn't like guns," I said. "It doesn't matter," said Karl. "He could probably kill anything that got within tv/enty yards of him with xxxa that damn bowling ball." We alternated shots at the cans. In the distance, between shots, I heard the xx snap of Karl Jr.*s pistol and thought of him back there with his mother, his sisters, and the dogs. To our left a bird <g-rvBir»Bre circled, and when we finished shooting it descended and landed on Karl's shoulder. "Hello," said Crow. "Damn bird," said Karl. "How's everything?" he said to Crow. "How's Blue jay?" "Bluejay's okay." Crow swiveled his head and looked at me with one eye. "You know Jarvis," said Karl. "I know. I know." said Crow. "Hello." "Hello Crow," I xx said. We walked over iaxi to the cans and sat down on a rock. Karl told Crow to get off and Crow jumped down. He stood there looking |
