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Show Little Benny : i I finished my lc5sins last nlte and still had a hour to stay up. and pop waa amdaklng and thinking and ma was reeding ihe Joak page In the pa-1 per without eny ' ixpresslon, and I started to try dlffrent athaletlc trlrks' on the floor, putting my leg erround . my neck and suylng. Look ma, can you do this ' Can you do this. pop Im reeding, sed ma. Pop not say-Ing say-Ing enythlng, and I took my ruler and tried to bailante It on the end "i my chin, saying, Look pop. look, ma, can you do this? I dont see you doing It. sed pop. Ml eiilrig on account of the ruler always felling off Jest as it was getting bal-lanced, bal-lanced, Ma not saying enythlng, and I laid on my back with my legs strate up In the air and grabbed a hold of my feet with my hands on account of me having hav-ing sUtch long arms for sutch short legs saying Hay. ma, look, hay pop. hi ra sum thing you cant do I bet. look, ma, this is a good one I cant see enythlng very inspiring about it, sed ma. Pop not saying anything, and I got a cushion and stood on my hed, saying. say-ing. Can ou do this pop. can you do this, ma? Neither of them saying enythlng on account of ma .being too bizzy reeding and pop being too bUzy smoaklng and thinking, and I sed. Look, everybody, who can do this? Wlch Jest then I fell over backwards back-wards and my feet hit the little table with the lamp on it a fearse krak and the lamp Jiggled erround and ail most fell hut dldent and ma Jumped up to catch It In case it did, and pof sed, Specking of doing things, can you wawk strate out that door and martch yourself rite up to bed before I sic my slipper onto you'' Yich I did. |