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TOGETHER ONCE A YEAR...

TO CELEBRATE THE GLORY

OF SPRINGTIME.

TO REACH OUT TO YOUR BROTHERS AND

SISTERS WITH LOVE AND GOODWILL.

I JUST HATE BERTHA.

SHE KNOWS I'M CLAIMING DAVID, BUT SHE

JUST BATS THEM EYES AT EVERYTHING IN PANTS.

I KNOW.

WHAT'S A BOY GOOD FOR?

ANYHOW, THAT BERTHA

SURE SEEMS TO KNOW.

YEAH, SHE KNOWS MORE THAN

SHE SHOULD. WHO CARES?

IF YA ASK ME, A BOY AIN'T GOOD FOR

NOTHIN' BUT TOTIN' OUT THE GARBAGE.

[ Minister ] IN THIS LIFE, WE MUS FIND OUR COMFORT AND STRENGTH IN GOD,

THE LORD OUR FATHER.

[ Congregation ] AMEN.

YOU SHOULD'VE HEARD THAT OLD GHOS CARRYIN' ON LAST NIGHT AT GUTHRIES'.

I HEARD IT ALL THE WAY FROM MY

HOUSE. WHEN I WENT OUT, THERE IT WAS,

HOVERIN' UP IN THE SKY OVER ECHOING HEIGHTS

LIKE TO SCARE ME TO A HORRIFYIN' DEATH.

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, LISA MAE. THA GHOST IS GONNA COME DOWN THERE...

AND SNATCH THE LIFE

RIGHT OUTTA YOU!

[ Minister ] ARE ALL YOU

YOUNG FOLKS... JUST KIDDING.

READY FOR THE BOX LUNCH

BIDDING- BOYS?

ALL RIGHT.

[ Congregation Chuckles ]

ALL THE PRETTY YOUNG GALS OF OUR

CONGREGATION HAVE MADE UP BOX LUNCHES...

THAT THEY'LL SHARE

WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

THE PROCEEDS WILL, OF COURSE,

GO TO CHARITY.

FIRST UP WE HAVE THE VERY LOVELY

MISS BERTHA LANGFORD.

WHAT A LOVELY CREATION THAT IS.

WHO WOULD LIKE TO STAR THE BIDDING?

[ Several People ] OOH! DON'T BE SHY.

I BID FIVE CENTS. THANK

YOU VERY MUCH. SIX!

- THERE'S ANOTHER BID.

- SEVEN CENTS.

- [ Third Boy ] EIGHT CENTS.

- [ Minister ] EIGHT CENTS!

- TEN CENT.

- A WHOLE DIME FOR THAT CRITTER FACE?

TEN AND A PENNY. [

Minister ] THERE'S IKE.

[ Third Boy ] TWELVE. I AM GONNA DIE.

- TWENTY CENTS.

- [ Minister ] TWENTY CENTS!

BERTHA'S GOT SAMMYANDDAVID BIDDIN'

ON HER! WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME?

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS AND

A PENNY. TWENTY-SEVEN.

[ Minister ] TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS.

VERY NICE BID. TWENTY-SEVEN CENTS.

- WELL- - TWENTY-SEVEN

CENTS. GOING ONCE.

GOING TWICE.

THIRTY CENTS.

[ Congregation Gasping ] THIRTY CENTS!

A VERY GENEROUS BID BY MR. SAMMY PERKINS.

- FIFTY CENTS.

- FIFTY CENTS! I BELIEVE THAT'S A CHURCH RECORD.

UH, SAMMY, CAN YOU TOP THAT?

FIFTY CENTS, GOING ONCE,

GOING TWICE,

SOLD FOR 50 CENTS!

MR. DAVID BUTLER, YOU HAVE A BOX

LUNCH FROM MISS BERTHA LANGFORD.

FIFTY CENTS.

VERY NICE. AND DON'T THEY

MAKE A LOVELY COUPLE.

YOU RECKON THAT DAVID KNOWS SHE

AIN'T STUFFED WITH COTTON NEITHER?

[ Laughing ]

LALO?

[ Smacking Lips ]

LALO.

FOOD. FOOD.

[ Grunts ]

[ Gagging Sounds ]

[ Gasping ]

SAMMY.

YEAH?

I GOTTA TELL YOU SOMETHING.

DON'T GET MAD, OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

BUT I WENT TO SEE WHAT THEY

GOT LOCKED IN THAT SHED. WHAT!

WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?

WELL, I HAD TO FIND OUT, DIDN' I? YEAH, I SUPPOSE YOU DID.

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