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Lizzie&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Annie&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; and Rosie s<br />

Rescue of Me with Blue Cake<br />

~We ve got a ranch house. Daddy built it. Daddy says it s<br />

called RANCH cause it s like houses out West which cow-<br />

bo~ sleep in. There s a picture window in all ranch houses and<br />

if you re in one of em out West&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; you can look out and see the<br />

cattle eatin grass on the plains and the cowboys ridin around<br />

with lassos and tall hats. But we ain t got nuthin like that<br />

here in Egypt&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Maine. All Daddy and I got to look out at is<br />

the Beans. Daddy says the Beans are uncivilized animals.<br />

PREDATORS&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; he calls em.<br />

&quot;If it runs&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; a Bean will shoot it! If it falls&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; a Bean will eat it&iuml;&frac14;&OElig;&quot;<br />

Daddy says&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; and his lip cuds. A million times Daddy says&iuml;&frac14;&OElig;<br />

&quot;Earlene&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; don t go over on the Beans side of the right-of-way.<br />

Not ever!&quot;<br />

Daddy s bedroom is pine-paneled . . . the real kind. Daddy<br />

done it all. He filled the nail holes with MIRACLE WOOD.<br />

One weekend after we was all settled in&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Daddy gets up on a<br />

chair and opens a can of MIRACLE WOOD. He works it<br />

into the nail holes with a putty knife. He needs the chair<br />

cause he s probably the littlest man in Egypt&iuml;&frac14;&OElig; Maine.<br />

Daddy gets a pain in his back after dinnah so we take a nap.<br />

We get under the covers and I scratch his back. Daddy says to<br />

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