Billy looked at her and she smiled sweetly. "My feet are very soretoday, could you give them a rub like you did for Mom last night?"Billy curtsied. He... was given a command, he had to do as she asked,"Thank you billy," she told him pointing under the table. Billy kneltdown and crawled under. His flower was sticking out and wiggling. "Becareful not to sit on your flower billy," she told him. Her feetstretched out on to his lap, sliding up his nylons, toes wiggling. Herfeet were very cute billy. Leastways, I don't think so."Ain't that s'much as 'tis the things that drove 'em, which I just don't understand."Blindin' ambition, urgent desire an suchlike." I hope you'll not be offended, uh, Daisy, but may I ask if you've ever been... with a man." Oh now, don't choo fret none about that, Cranston!"Cain't hardly be raised on no farm the way I was 'thout some knowledge of the birds an the bees rubbin' off." Ah, yes."But the question is, what did you do about it? After all, as you say, urgent. I was speechless. I didn’t know what could I do?. I lost the one and only companions of my school. I felt my heart go heavy and I could hear its beat as thunder. I took my bag and went to my home.At that night I couldn’t sleep. I was crying the whole night. I lost my friends. I was not so good in studies. But they were. They helped me to get good marks and helped me to answer the questions asked by the teachers in the class. If I lose my a plus. The school will dismiss me. My parents would kill. I laughed, making my way to the bank to deposit the fish in the plastic bag I’d brought with me. Heather had taken the bucket, sure that she’d be the one needing it.I eyed the two catches. They were small. I wondered if by weight Heather would still be in the lead. Then I laughed. I was pretty sure that no matter what, she would be ahead when all was tallied. And I also didn’t much care anymore. It was amusing, but we both knew that our friendly competition was just a tradition. Neither really.
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