Show Tales From A Boy Who Took Pictures Sonny had always wanted to be a So when he heard that a new owner was taking over the old Photography he rushed over to apply for a part-time Blank was happy to hire I'll train you to be a But you'll have to start at the take this broom and sweep out the the back The room at the rear of the store looked as though it had not been swept in Dusty crates and boxes were piled in untidy Sonny carefully dusted and He threw out the empty BUT HE made a pile of old supplies that he thought could still be There was an old tripod with a. rickety and a flash lamp with a bent But most exciting was an old I have Sonny asked THE OWNER glanced at the he I'll give you some film to fit the camera Sonny took pictures of his mother and his his house and the tree in front of He photographed his pregnant cat and even that day's copy of the local THE NEXT day at the shop he developed the His eyes opened wide as' he looked at the His mother and father and the house looked all The print on the newspaper was nice and But the cat had six And the tree was in bloom yet it was only budding when he took the The next day Sonny's cat gave birth to six And the day after the tree burst into WHEN THE paper arrived the next it looked strangely Sonny went up to his room to get the photo he had taken three days It was the Somehow his camera was able to take pictures of the Quickly Sonny loaded a new roll or film into the He took pictures of every of that day's He rushed over to the shop to develop the WHEN THE prints were the first thing he looked at was the date on the front It was a paper from the next week I Sonny used a magnifying glass to read the whole He noticed an announcement on the Social his cousin Mark was engaged to be SONNY stopped by Mark's house on the way home and offered his Mark looked heard you're engaged to Susan I never heard of Sonny gave Mark her address but would not say anything After he Mark couldn't stop thinking about what Sonny had he went over to the address his cousin had mentioned and rang the A young woman answered the SHE WAS It was love at first A week later they announced their The next time Sonny took pictures of the the prints showed the next day's On page two he read that a deer was going to be killed on the road near his house at six o'clock that very Sonny looked at his HE HAD JUST fifteen minutes He raced over to the spot the newspaper At just about six o'clock he saw several deer about to cross the A car was Sonny waved frantically at the deer trying to frighten them back into the But instead they raced frantically in all One of the deer leaped out into the There was a The car had hit Sonny felt very bad about the deer's Apparently he could not change the even if he knew about it before it So when he developed the next set of newspaper he didn't know what to A front page headline three children die in WHAT COULD Sonny He couldn't just sit back and let the children die without even trying to save He called the Fire Chief and told him there was going to be a fire at 53 Locust The Fire Chief thought Sonny was a When he started asking for Sonny hung up without giving his He didn't want to be blamed for the fire when it ON THE day the fire was supposed to Sonny stayed out of He arrived at the house on Locust Street just to see the mother leave for the A few minutes a young child appeared at the window and started dropping lighted His younger brother and sister yelled do THE LITTLE BOY was He dropped the match he was Flames flashed up the Without Sonny dashed into the He grabbed up the youngest child and led the other two Then he raced to the firebox on the corner and turned in the WHEN THE firemen arrived the house was completely in A few minutes later the mother returned from the When she saw the flaming she My She tried to rush into the but the firemen held her That evening the paper appeared with a front-page three children die in AS SOON as the paper was safely Sonny called the children's mother and told her where to find He had kept them hidden for because he knew he could not change the The newspaper story had to Now he smiled as he developed the next roll or Sure the next day's newspaper would children |