All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop

Author:Howard Waldrop [Waldrop, Howard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780942681000
Google: 5ZgjqAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0942681002
Goodreads: 1323390
Published: 2021-01-16T11:42:49+00:00

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shall let you have these three books for twenty-two cents. W hen you get two cents more, you are to bring them directly to me. If the other clerk or Mr. Fred is here, you are to make no mention of this matter. Do you see?”

“Yes, yes. Thank you!” he handed all his money across. He knew it was borrowing, which his mother did not want him to do, but he wanted these books so badly.

He stuffed the pamphlets and receipts into his satchel. As he ran from the bookstall he saw the nice young clerk reach into his vest pocket, fetch out two pennies, and put them into the cashbox. Robert ran as fast as he could toward school. He would have to hurry or he would be late.

Mr Yotofeka, the principal, looked at the tardy slip.

“Robert,” he said, looking directly into the boy’s eyes, “ I am very disappointed in you. You are a bright pupil. Can you give me one good reason why you have been late to school three times in two weeks?”

“No, sir,” said Robert. He adjusted his glasses, which were taped at one of the earpieces.

“No reason at all?”

“ It took longer than I thought to get to school.”

“You are thirteen years old, Robert Oinenke!” His voice rose. “You live less than a Congo mile from this schoolhouse, which you have been attending for seven years. You should know by now how long it takes you to get from your home to the school.!”

Robert winced. “Yessir.”

“Hand me your book satchel, Robert.”

“But I…”

“Let me see.”

“Yessir.” He handed the bag to the principal, who was standing over him. The man opened it, took out the schoolbooks and copybooks, then the pamphlets. He looked down at the receipt, then at Robert’s records hie, which was open like the big book of the Christian Saint Peter in heaven.

“ Have you been not eating to buy this trash?”

“No, sir.”

“No, yes? Or yes, no?”

“Yes. I haven’t.”

“ Robert, two of these are pure trash. I am glad to see you have bought at least one good play. But your other choices are just, ju st… You might as well have poured your coppers down a civet hole as buy these.” He held up C lio’s Whips. “Does your mother know you read these things? And this play! The Swearing Stick is about the primitive superstitions we left behind before independence. You want people to

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