The Nine Lives of Alexander Baddenfield by John Bemelmans Marciano

Author:John Bemelmans Marciano
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-09-05T21:00:00+00:00

Jean-Luc-Pierre Toussaint, a taxi cab driver from Haiti—or more lately, Queens—had just dropped off his final fare of the evening. As he pulled away from the curb he glanced down to flick the switch for his OFF DUTY light. Looking back up he saw—A BOY!

Swerving, he narrowly missed the child—WHAT WAS HE DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET!—and nearly hit a Prius in the right lane. Swerving back the other way, he ran his cab up onto the sidewalk and almost hit a fire hydrant.

“YOU CRAZY CHILD!” Jean-Luc-Pierre shook his fist out the window at the boy. “LEARN HOW TO CROSS THE STREET! AND YOU,” he said to the young man, grabbing him, “TAKE BETTER CONTROL OF YOUR LITTLE BROTHER!”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” the older one yelled back.

These people! Jean-Luc-Pierre thought to himself. Typical New Yorkers . . .

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