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and all that jazz. Why, anything could happen! We<br />
could win the war or lose! I won’t believe the<br />
outcome until I see it with the whites of my own<br />
eyes,” he said.<br />
Mimi laughed, as did some other adults who<br />
overheard Papa’s dramatic speech. “I think you have a<br />
few battles combined there, Papa,” she said. “But I<br />
agree; we should go to Yorktown tomorrow. We might<br />
as well finish this historic triangle now that we’ve<br />
started on it. Then,” she added, “we can go to Busch<br />
Gardens, like I promised.”<br />
“Oh, no!” said Grant. “We don’t want to go<br />
to Busch Gardens. That’s just rollercoasters and<br />
rides and other fun stuff.”<br />
Christina looked at her brother like he was<br />
crazy, then she realized why he was saying all these<br />
things. “Yes, yes!” she agreed. “We can always go<br />
to a theme park, but we can’t always see real<br />
historic sites.”<br />
Before she could finish her sentence, when<br />
she planned to add: “So let’s go back to <strong>Jamestown</strong><br />
tonight”—Papa slapped his thighs. “Good then,” he<br />
said. “Tomorrow it’s Yorktown! Case closed. All is<br />
decided.” He spun on his heels and headed toward<br />
the car.<br />
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