And now here comes the moment you've all been waiting for--the identity of the person (or animal) who promises to give Sally a penny for her thoughts!
Startled she turned to find her brother Billy.
"Oh hi" Sally said.
"Race you Sally."
"O.K. dibs on Starlight"Bi Sally cried.
"I Get Billy Boy."
They mounted and rode off. Billy was winning by a neck. Then Sally came creeping up. At Last they were through. Both had tied.
Billy and Sally talked and played until they heard a faint ringing of the dinner bell.
"Come on Slowpoke" cried Billy while mounting Billy Boy. Sally mounted Starlight and soon caught up.
"Hi Mama and Papa" said Billy and Sally at the same time.
The family sat down and ate their small supper of . . .
TO BE CONTINUED.
I'm going to let you guess what their small (remember, they're poor) supper consists of. Meanwhile, here are a few stray observations.
1. I like that Billy has named his horse after himself.
2. I like that Billy and Sally "cry" instead of "say" anything.
3. Apparently I was fond of all forms of the verb "to creep" when I was nine years old.
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Grits? Porrige?
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