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15 Shucks, being hungry for a whole day is about as bad as it can get. I
said, “But . . .”
16 He reached in his pocket and pulled something out that looked like
a heavy black strap and slapped it across his hand. Uh-oh, here we go
again.
17 He said, “That’s it, no more talk, you opened your mouth one time
too many. You rotten kids today don’t listen to no one, but I’ma show
you something that’ll improve your hearing.” He slapped the strap on
his hand and started walking toward me.
18 I was wrong when I said being hungry for a day is about as bad as it
can get, being hungry plus having a big knot on your head from a black
leather strap would be even worse.
19 I backed away but only got two steps before I felt a giant warm hand
wrap around my neck from behind. I looked up to see whose doggone
hand was so doggone big and why they’d put it around my neck.
20 A very tall, square-shaped man in old blue overalls looked down at
me and said, “Clarence, what took you so long?”
21 I got ready to say, “My name’s not Clarence and please don’t choke
me, sir, I’ll leave,” but as soon as I opened my mouth he gave my head a
shake and said, “I told you to hurry back, now where you been?” He
gave me a shove and said, “Get back in line with your momma.”
22 I looked up and down the line to see who was supposed to be my
momma when a woman pointed her finger at her feet and said,
“Clarence, you get over here right now.” There were two little kids
hanging on to her skirt.
23 I walked over to where she was and she gave me a good hard smack
on the head. Shucks, for someone who was just pretending to be my
momma she sure did slap me a good one.
24 I said, “Ow!”
25 The big square man who’d grabbed my neck looked at the man with
the strap and said, “Boy had to go use the toilet, told him not to waste
time, but like you said, these kids today don’t listen to nobody.”
26 The strap man looked at the size of the man who called me Clarence and
walked back to the end of the line.
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