Record of a Tenement Gentleman Page #5

They seem to invite me to eat them

the best ones.

You should listen to yourself

What do you think you are?

You owe the boy an apology. Poor boy!

I guess I was wrong, I'm sorry, son

Forgive me

You sure had a hard time. I'm sorry

Look at that! I'm sorry, son

I was wrong

It's alright now, I know

you didn't eat them

Poor boy, I was mistaken

Will you forgive me?

There, stop crying. Here

You mean he did it again?

Impossible kid

Your scolding didn't sink in?

Like a horse again?

And he's fanning it again?

I thought he was, but he's not there

You must have scolded him real hard

I had no chance to scold him

He's missing all morning

I thought he was acting funny

when he woke up.

Then, his bed was all put away

and he's not around

Where the devil did he go?

It's after 2 o' clock, isn't it?

Tane, I'm afraid he won't

come back at all

This is a case of '"Piss-and-Run'"

You think so? I wonder where he went

Where? He has no place to go anyway

He'll be like an alley-cat

Silly kid, he'll get hungry

Don't worry, he'll live on garbage

here and there

Tane, it's good riddance for you

The devil's gone

You think so?

You nagged him again

I didn't do that today

I mean, yesterday

Well, I scolded him a little yesterday

About dry persimmons

he was so stubborn

He never spoke

Just tears came out of him.

What could he say? He didn't eat them

That's it. But he was tough

He kept on glaring at me

like a stubborn old mule

He was so stubborn that I got real mad,

So I glared at him and screamed

Poor boy

Then, the guy over there said

he took them

I guess I was a little too hard on the boy

You were always short fused

And when you're mad

your face looks horrible

Too much for any kid

the way you look.

Your glaring at him must have done it

That's right. I did it too much

but I apologized

Come to think of it, I wet the bed

at that age, too

I used to do that too

Anyway, I feel sorry for him

You know I think a boy like him

might become a great man

All the great men weren't all that bright

But rather stupid and dull

when they were little

That's what they say

And he was gathering nails

for a heartless father,

Picking up all the butts

he does have a gentle heart

I say he was some kid, yes

he sure was

I guess you lost a treasure

He's precious to you, isn't he?

You were fond of him, weren't you?

Sure you were

You like him very much already

Do you think so?

Sure, it's so obvious

Is that right? Hmmm

Why Humm, now?

I didn't realize it

That's right, that's the way it is

Already affection is being built

between you two

Like a dog, it starts to wag its tail

before you know it

It's the same thing

but you can't see the tails,

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