The Boy Detective by Roger Rosenblatt

Author:Roger Rosenblatt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-09-11T21:00:00+00:00

WHERE’S JOHNNY MORRIS when you need him, I’d like to know, when America has no natural heroes left and every so-called national leader looks twice before he fails to leap. Not Johnny Morris. He who organized evening tackle football games in the park (I used Peter’s diapers as shoulder pads). He who printed programs for the games, and positioned flashlights in the trees to illuminate the gravel field, and saw to it that all the neighborhood parents were invited. He who protected the little guy, especially his younger brother, Mark. He included everyone. He who established snow forts and capture-the-flag games and ring-a-levio, and who said one fine spring day, “You be the pitcher.” So I became a pitcher. He who got a Nok Hockey game for Christmas, and when I told my dad that I wanted one, too, Johnny said, “You don’t need a game of your own. If I have one, we all have one.” He who papered the wall of his room at number 34 with full-page photos of pro athletes, ripped out of Sport magazine. And when he did that, so did I. When his dad suddenly switched jobs, the Morrises moved up to Westchester and the air went out of Gramercy Park, and the light and the shout. Whenever Johnny carried the football tucked to his chest, he half-sang, half-muttered “They Always Call Me Mr. Touchdown” under his breath, as an accompaniment to his game. He used to say I was the smart one.

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