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The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.
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After all it was Saturday/ and not much else was going on./
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It was a terrific fire..
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two engines/ and two police cars and all the volunteer firemen..
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and five dozen doughnuts sent up from the Tasti-Lunch Diner.
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But Claude said / We weren't smoking cigars.
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And they weren't
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We santed to see if the chemistry set was any good.
Any other kid/ |
even a mean kid ..
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The fire chief got us all together / there were fifteen of twenty kids/
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standing around and watching the fire ..
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I guess things would have been different if they had burned down say, the Second Presbyterian Church/
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instead of the tool house/
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They would have set fire to something else ... or somebody./
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They were just so all round awful you could hardly believe they were real.
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Where other people have grass in their front yard/ the Herdmans had rocks./
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And where other people had Hydrangea Bushes/
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It was the meanest looking animal I ever saw./
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It had one short leg
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