Goodbye, Columbus Page #5

Hi, sweetie. How are you?

Hey, mister, where's the art section?

- The what?

- Art section.

- Spell it.

- A-R-T.

Art. You mean art.

You mean art books, reproductions.

- Yeah, them.

- We got them in a lot of places.

- Which artist are you interested in?

- All of them.

OK, I'll tell you what you do.

Walk all the way across the floor there.

- You see that staircase over there?

- Yeah.

Now, you take that staircase

up one flight,

and you follow the arrow

to where it says "stack three".

Can you remember that?

Stack three?

Someone up there

will show you the way.

Go ahead, it's all right. Go ahead.

- What'd you let him in for?

- It's a public library.

You know where I found him?

In the stacks looking at the nudes.

He was hiding there all morning.

- Did you throw him out?

- Of course I threw him out.

- You know what those boys do there?

- John, I don't think they do it there.

They do so, I've seen them.

Not out in the open, of course,

- but you can tell what they're doing.

- Why don't you let him alone.

I'm gonna see Mr. Scapello and

tell him to send somebody to get him.

John... Gloria, Gloria, watch

the desk a minute, will you? John?

John, John.

You want to give Mr. Scapello an ulcer

after his egg-and-pepper sandwich?

- I'll get him. I gotta go there anyway.

- It's disgusting, what they do up here.

Don't worry about it.

They're the ones who are gonna get

warts all over their dirty little hands.

Hey, mister, where's this place?

That's Tahiti.

It's an island in the Pacific Ocean.

That ain't no place you

could go, is it? Like a resort?

You could go there, I suppose.

It's very far. People live there.

Look at this one.

Man, ain't that the life.

Who took these pictures?

No, he didn't take them.

He painted them.

Paul Gauguin. He was a Frenchman.

Is he a white man or a colored man?

He's white.

Oh, I knew that.

Hey, look at this one.

Man, ain't that the life?

Yeah, it sure is.

There he is. Hey.

- Hurry or we'll miss our plane.

- OK.

You're gonna sit with Julie

because Carlotta's off.

What do you mean?

We're taking Ron to the airport.

Julie doesn't wanna come.

We'll be right back.

In a minute.

Hey, do I get all the cake

and milk I want?

Close the door.

There's air conditioning.

I'm glad you've decided

you're gonna stay with me.

- So am I.

- Wanna play five-and-two?

- No.

- Why not?

- Wanna read a book report I wrote?

- No, not now.

- What do you want to do?

- Why must we do anything?

- Why don't you go watch television.

- All right.

You better wash that,

or you'll get diarrhea.

They're not washed yet.

- Where's Ron going?

- Columbus.

- What for?

- To see Harriette. They're in love.

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