My Dog Skip Page #5

in the quicksand...

...she swore two things:

First...

...one day she'd rise up from the

grave and burn down the whole town!

And the other thing she swore was...

...she'd find that boy who ratted

on her and drag him down to hell!

If you stay all night, we'll know

for sure that you're one of us.

But if you don't...

...Dink's Kraut stuff is ours.

And if we do stay all night...

...we get the football signed by Dink.

You got yourself a deal.

Here.

You might need this.

Come on, Skip.

I'll take the first watch, boy.

You rest.

I give him 20 minutes.

If he stays...

...he's a better man than me.

And if she kills him...

...I got dibs on that dog.

A sunbeam

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam

A sunbeam

I'll be a sunbeam for Him

Oh, no!

- Junior, we did real good this week.

- Just hurry up.

If we get to Izzard County,

they'll pay twice as much.

Those boys get real thirsty out there.

Don't you know it!

What the hell you doing?

Put that back.

- I'm keeping a bottle for myself.

- You're drinking up all the profits.

Moonshiners!

Millard, shut that mutt up.

Hey, doggy! Who's a nice doggy?

I'm good with dogs.

Shut him up, unless you want

to go back to the joint.

Goddamn it!

I'll take care of this mutt!

- What was that?

- Let's get out of here, Skip!

Run!

Get that kid!

Come on, Skip!

It's no use, kid!

I'm gonna find you!

Let's get out of here, Skip.

Where do you think you're going?

Listen to me, you little worm.

You tell anybody where

we're hiding this...

...you'll wake up to find

a dead pooch on your porch.

See...

...I been needing me a new billfold.

I think one made out of genuine

dog hide would be right slick.

Now, you look like a smart kid.

You move one little pinkie

before the sun comes up...

...you better think hard

about life without that mutt.

Everybody needs a friend.

Come on.

Think I scared him enough?

I think he peed his pants.

Gonna have to change those shorts.

Damn!

He killed a whole six-pack!

He slept right by her grave.

Damn!

Because of Skip,

I was able to cross...

...the threshold

from childhood to boyhood...

...from being on the outside...

...to finding myself smack-dab

in the middle.

He helped open my eyes

to the wonders of life.

And I got to know the delta

like the palm of my hand.

Every bend in the road,

every slope, every field.

It became as familiar to me

as grass or sunlight.

But Skip opened my eyes

to other things too.

- Sorry we're late.

- That's okay. I was late too.

He likes you.

I like him too. A lot.

Huck Finn.

It's about a boy who has adventures.

This is Caddie Woodlawn.

It's about a girl who has adventures.

Not too many boys like reading.

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