I flexed, out of habit and she ‘Hmmm’d,’ again.If I hadn’t heard the front door open, we would have been caught ... by Nirvana ... uhm, Nevina...“Hey,” she said, “Oh, did I interrupt something?”“Yes” “No” she/I said.“So, you have started wearing the same color lipstick as your mother?” our always gorgeous next-door neighbor remarked.Mom noticed and wiped it off me, with a smile.“Don’t worry, Michael, I won’t tell anybody, anything. All I ask for is a kiss of my own from time to time.”“That sounds. They all frowned.By Friday I was seriously considering giving them all a small dose, for in every class they made every attempt to make me as miserable as they had become. But I held off to see if over the weekend their frustration and bad moods would wear off, thinking they couldn't possibly have become that dependant in a month.To my relief, my first and second hour teachers had returned to normal Monday morning, but while I was walking to my third hour class, I discovered that not everyone. "After their deliberation,The counselors answered their king:"You are wise, and a golden ringAnd, of course, a celebrationAre the solution, we suggest:Great praise for all, but for the third,A pet--perhaps, a talking bird--For the next, the ring; for the best,Your permission to carve the stone.In short, a contest we proposeAs the top means to prevent woesAs the smooth marble column's honed."The monarch adopted their planAs his own, of course, and proclaimed,At the contest's end, he would. She wants to earn a little money, go on a trip, and then go to another town and do the same again until she finds a place where she would really like to live. Only then will she consider being ‘courted’ by a man. The picnic lunch is really good and she did develop quite an appetite walking from one end of town to the other and thankfully Peter was smart enough to bring a jar of sweet tea, for each of them, wrapped in a wet cloth that when left in the breeze cools even more. The tea is very good.
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