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BY CHRISTINE REAMS<br />

' . . . Ifo .sat thort> . . . l<br />

ditLn't lntzlt at ,/anir~r b~~z attw<br />

/ didn't want 1 ors : aztl /<br />

tlrizzk maybe" .shz " didn't lumk<br />

at m~ bm~aus~" .,ho didn't<br />

zuarzt to wv rithr " r . . .<br />

.<br />

d<br />

TW.AS so hot that summer<br />

that the air stood<br />

still and I had trouble<br />

breathing . Sometimes<br />

1 would sit on the front<br />

porch and breathe slowly . I felt as<br />

if I were breathing the same air<br />

over and over again . I turned mo<br />

shades darker that sununer I almost<br />

got as black as Miss Mabel .<br />

The grownups said it wasn~t really<br />

the temperature; it was the humidity-whatever<br />

that is . Anyway . i t<br />

was a blisterin

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