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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

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I
t

s a
g
o
a
nd
one
of
W
a
ll
y

s b
e
st id
e
a
s.
I
should

ve
thou
g
ht of
it l
a
st
y
e
ar
.
I
ca
ll
e
d the
e
l
e
m
e
nt
a
r
y
s
c
hool
y
e
st
e
r
d
a
y
a
nd M
r
s. Mon
r
o
e’
s
f
i
r
st-
g
ra
d
e
c
l
a
ss
a
g
r
e
e
d to
d
ra
w
post
er
s
a
nd d
ec
o
ra
t
e
bu
c
k
e
ts
w
e
c
a
n
s
e
t
ar
ound the
c
e
nt
e
r
f
or
don
a
tions.
T
he
id
e
a
is
f
or
visito
r
s to
crac
k op
e
n th
e
ir
wa
ll
e
ts or
c
h
ec
kbo
o
ks
a
nd d
r
op in g
e
n
e
r
ous don
a
tions
a
long
the
w
a
y
w
h
e
n th
e
y
s
e
e
our
a
do
ra
ble
re
sid
e
nt
a
nim
a
l
s
.
W
ill
y
ou be
s
e
tti
n
g
up a
booth this
y
ear
?

“Ar
e
y
ou kiddi
n
g
?
I
wa
s
the
f
i
r
st one
to si
g
n up
a
n
d p
a
y
m
y
e
nt
r
y
f
e
e
this
y
ear
.
I

m not
a
s n
er
vous
a
s
I
w
a
s l
a
st tim
e
.
I
n
f
a
c
t,
I

m looki
n
g
f
o
r
war
d to sk
e
t
c
hi
n
g
po
r
t
r
a
i
ts
f
or
the
w
hole to
w
n.”


I
t

s st
ra
n
g
e
b
ut
I
think
I

m looking
f
o
r
war
d to t
h
e
st
ree
t
f
a
i
r
, too.
M
y
g
ra
n
dp
are
nts us
e
d to
g
e
t su
c
h
a
ki
c
k out of
sho
w
ing
this pl
ac
e
o
ff
.
I
g
u
e
ss
I
b
e
tt
e
r
g
e
t us
e
d to doing
the
s
a
me thin
g
.”
A
nd if
the
o
p
e
n
h
ouse
wa
s a
s
u
cce
ss sh
e

d
h
a
ve
a
ce
nt
e
r
to show
o
f
f
th
r
ou
g
h t
h
e
summ
e
r months.

Af
t
e
r
h
a
n
g
i
n
g
up
w
ith
L
i
l
l
y
—she
s
e
t out to s
e
e
h
o
w
Minnie
a
nd
B
ump
e
r
w
er
e
doi
n
g

a
nd
w
ond
ere
d if
s
h
e
c
ould k
e
e
p the
ce
n
t
e
r
r
unni
n
g
a
n
o
th
e
r
six
months
w
i
thout a
m
a
jor
phil
a
nth
r
opist st
e
pping
f
o
rwar
d to
s
a
ve
F
an
ni
n
g
M
ar
i
n
e
R
e
s
c
u
e.

Ch
a
pt
e
r
F
i
f
t
e
en

 

E
v
e
n thou
g
h
De
pu
t
y
Sh
e
r
i
f
f
E
th
a
n Co
d
y

s
a
ss
i
g
n
e
d t
err
ito
r
y
in
c
lud
e
d P
e
li
c
a
n Point
e
, he didn

t
rea
l
l
y
h
a
ve
a
n o
ff
i
c
i
a
l o
ff
i
c
e
in to
w
n.
H
e
d
i
dn

t n
ee
d one
a
s long
a
s
he
c
ould
re
l
y
on his home
o
ff
i
ce
, t
h
e
sp
a
c
e
w
h
er
e
he
t
r
i
e
d to
wr
ite
a
t
l
ea
st a
thous
a
nd
w
o
r
ds a
ni
g
ht.
A
t this
ra
t
e
, he h
a
d to
a
dmit, he
mi
g
ht
f
i
nish his
f
i
r
st nov
e
l b
ef
o
r
e
he
reac
h
e
d
f
o
r
t
y
.

Som
e
tim
e
s it su
c
k
e
d th
a
t his p
er
son
a
l
wr
iting
s
p
a
c
e
h
a
d to double
a
s the
l
a
w
e
n
f
o
r
ce
m
e
nt
c
omm
a
nd
ce
nt
e
r
.
B
ut th
e
n he
c
ould o
f
t
e
n sl
o
g
th
r
ou
g
h noti
f
i
ca
tions h
e
r
e
a
nd
f
o
r
e
g
o h
a
vi
n
g
to m
a
ke
a
l
e
n
g
t
h
y
t
r
ip into S
a
nta
C
r
u
z
.

B
e
c
a
use
of
t
h
a
t he
r
e
li
e
d
on t
ec
hnolo
g
y
t
h
a
t k
e
pt
h
im
c
onn
ec
t
e
d to the
sh
e
r
i
ff’
s o
ff
i
c
e
a
nd took up a
stin
g
y
c
o
r
n
e
r
of
his d
e
sk to k
e
e
p in tou
c
h
w
ith his sup
er
io
r
s in
a
n o
ff
i
c
i
a
l
ca
p
a
c
i
t
y
.

So
w
h
e
n his
fa
x
m
ac
hine
b
e
g
a
n spitting
out a
p
a
p
er
f
e
st, he
didn

t p
a
y
m
u
c
h
a
tt
e
ntion.
Af
t
e
r
a
ll,
T
hu
r
s
d
a
y
s
c
ou
l
d be
just
a
s bu
s
y
a
s
F
r
i
d
a
y
s
,
w
hi
c
h
ea
si
l
y
p
r
odu
ce
d a
cer
t
a
in numb
e
r
of
r
outine
B
O
L
O
s,
o
r
Be
O
n the
L
ook
o
uts.
A
t
a
n
y
g
iv
e
n time
B
O
L
O
s m
i
g
ht p
er
t
a
in to t
ee
n
a
ge
r
un
aw
a
y
s, missing
o
r
e
n
d
a
ng
ere
d
p
er
sons, stol
e
n
v
e
hi
c
l
e
s,
e
s
c
a
p
e
d
c
ons, or
a
n
y
ar
m
e
d
r
obb
er
i
es
th
a
t h
a
d o
cc
u
r
re
d
w
ithin
a
hund
re
d-mile
r
a
dius.

B
ut
a
s
E
th
a
n shu
f
f
l
e
d th
r
ou
g
h the
p
a
p
er
s
a
nd the
l
ists, a
fa
mili
a
r
n
a
me
jump
e
d o
f
f
the p
a
g
e
. Rob
b
y
M
ac
k St
e
v
e
ns h
a
d
e
s
ca
p
e
d
fr
om his
c
om
f
y
d
i
g
s
a
t some
V
i
r
g
i
nia
st
a
te
m
e
nt
al
hospit
a
l.

T
h
re
e
d
a
y
s
a
g
o Rob
b
y
M
ac
k h
a
d
f
lo
w
n
the
c
oop.
A
nd now
it s
ee
m
e
d a
ho
s
pit
a
l
w
o
r
k
e
r
wa
s missing
fr
om S
a
nd
h
u
r
st. A
w
om
a
n
b
y
the
n
a
me
of
Te
r
r
i
L
y
nn C
r
a
ns
t
on h
a
dn

t b
ee
n
s
ee
n
f
o
r th
re
e
d
a
y
s.
T
o
E
t
h
a
n Cod
y

s mind, Rob
b
y
St
e
v
e
ns
should n
e
v
e
r
h
a
v
e
s
ee
n
t
he
inside
of
a
m
e
nt
a
l
fac
ili
t
y
w
ith su
c
h
l
a
x
s
ec
u
r
i
t
y
.

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