Small Town Girl Page #3

just to watch a ball kicked around.

Not me.

One more bite, Junie.

Grow a big girl for papa.

Now, baseball, yes.

There's a game for you-Baseball.

Well, you can sit in

your shirtsleeves...

on a nice summer's afternoon,

Sip a coca-Cola.

Get my paper, Kay.

I wouldn't ride 3 hours on a cold

day to see the president play!

Come on, Junie,

One teeny-weeny bite.

Junie darling!

Don't. You can't do that.

You've got to start minding mama, dear.

Here, pop.

Let me help you take your shoes off.

What's gotten into you, Kay?

You usually raise the dickens

When I take my shoes off.

Well, we don't want things

any different around here.

We want to have them just the same,

Day in and day out,

And you don't see what

the president's about,

And mother declares she'd just as soon

Not look at a paper,

there's so many murders,

And George guesses this

country can get along

Without anybody's help.

Anybody home?

There's Elmer, Kay.

Come in, Elmer.

I said, come in!

And if Elmer Clampitt says

"Keep your chin up" once more,

I'll scream!

Well, hello, everybody.

Can I come in?

Well...

Oh, hi, Mr. Brannan.

You keeping your chin up these days?

Ha ha! Sit down, Elmer.

Uh, Kay is busy right now.

Won't you have some of my rice pudding?

Uh...

we will.

Hi, June.

You know, she's getting to look

more like you every day, George.

Kay's as nervous as a cat tonight,

Dropping things.

I said, dropping things.

Yeah, I understand.

Whoa, there.

Did I touch you?

No, no.

It's all right.

Well, if I scared you to death,

I'll find a pair of angel's wings

And fly up an apology.

Only, I doubt if I

could crash the gates.

Why, I'm all right, thank you.

That's good.

Maybe you're right enough

To tell me how to get out of this.

How do you mean?

Well, if I don't get out

of this thundering herd,

I gonna have to grow a beard

And shoot from the saddle.

It is a kind of a jam, I guess.

Yeah. Look, where and

how far is Tait's tavern?

Tait's tavern? Why,

uh, it's about 4 miles

Down the main road,

the way you were going.

Yeah, but I mean,

isn't there a shortcut?

Why, uh, yes, I guess so.

Um, you've got to get

through the traffic

And take that street by the church.

Go left for 3 blocks

Till you come to a gas

station on your right,

Then turn right,

And that will take you right to...

Tait's.

Uh-Huh.

I see.

Now, keep going for two blocks-

No, 3. 3 blocks. Then what?

Then a gas station on your right.

Turn right.

Ah, let's skip all that.

You leap in and show me the way.

Oh, no, really, it's easy.

Just 3 blocks-

Yeah, but I'm a blockhead for blocks.

Come on. You were going

that way, weren't you?

Why, no. Well, come on, then.

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