Show JOHNNYS FOURTH it cam a attle late but blut he afe mad thine mum ham jut just the saw same A Vs F I 1 LIVE to BE BB A at hundred years old 1 f v ill I 1 never forget wy that fourth of L july you see it happened like this my big brother alt alf went off to uncle bens to spend his summer vacation an bout tv weeks fore the fourth ma went up 1 ere too tor for uncle bens her only brother she took along the baby the sweetest little sister that ever lived an father been away a spell was ag agoan oln to meet her an visit to uncle bens so you see there w anybody to home but me gran ma an the hired girl an mabold her afore she left thet she ae might go to the fourth 0 july an she got he her r an alfared dress sky blue etwas to wear an it hed bed beads sewed all over it my it was a stunner I 1 dont see why mother cant wear sech d dresses stead of the gray an black ones she allus wears well the boys on our street lotte blotted d on a splendiferous time we care bout the boins at the center our celebration was wag goin to be held in the back alley but what should come the night fore the fourth but a letter to granma grahma from father an 0 my she feel big over it she let me tech it an hedet ise good a right to read a letter from my own father an he bothin but a boy 0 hern well I 1 got up early an gran T r WE HAI HAD A JOLLY TIME ma was up too an will you believe it she let me go out the door an all the boys were a hootin an yellin ellin an firm off like sixty I 1 thought sure shed she d let me go after r breakfast but she looked at me stern like an said johnny johnn you vou must stay sta in doors fur your father said fur me to to keep you right to home an im gon goin to do m my duty dutt by bv you an keep you right under my eye perhaps you ou dont know my granna gran ma is one 0 them sort thet never remembers bein young yes she forgot long ago that fourth 0 jul july was made for picnics an good times ashes also one 0 the kind thet never neer goes back on their word so bryin kickin nor noth in would do no good an make her change her mind one bit but I 1 sot down and cried first an erful mad ort gort of a cry then an erful sorry cry an then I 1 got to sleep an woke up most moat starved stared an granma grahma give agne me a big bowl 0 bread an milk fur the girl was gone well when night come I 1 was as the gladdest boy fur the very longest day da id ever when ma come home the next week I 1 jest told her all about it an she felt so bad fur me thet she almost cried d then she went right to the buttery an brought me a big lot 0 fire crackers an things she got afore she went away you ou know mothers never forgit a feller lers s wants she told granma grahma all about em but she forgot ashes got such a good forg ettery of course twant best to let me know bout ern em fur id I 1 d likely used em up afore time but I 1 went an got the neighbor boys bos over if the of july jul an we hed bed a jolly time fur mother made lemonade an cake an ice cream tell you ou I 1 preci predate ate mothers now you see father wrote fur her to keep me to home deanin I 1 go off to no celebration an he would nt cared but specter id I 1 d go out in the alley ith the boys bos an mother told him to jog gran ma s memory bout the fourth of july up in the buttery but he forgot to say anything about it huh hub I 1 guess those old forefathers knew what they was about when they hinted a day tur boys bos to make a big noise we boys bos stand it it if we yell all we wanted to one year an fourth of july is young americas day fur a fact so a havin my fourth on the thirteenth was like batin ice cream phout no ice in it or drinkin soda water when the foam an fizzle is gone I 1 live to be a hundred ill not forget thet fourth 0 july thet I 1 was cheat cheated ed plum out of JOHNNY |