THE GOOD WORD ACCORDING TO · THE ULTRA-HARRIER
WILLIE
The children are shocked and outragedHarry recruits some followers
Chapter 46
But there was one among them who did not join in,
2And did not speak to Harry at all,
3But sat on the ground some distance away,
4And lit up a cigarette.
5Yet Harry saw him where he sat, and called to him, saying, You with the Lucky Strike,
6Come here,
7And talk to me.
8The other children, whom Harry had ignored, made way for the smoking child,
9Who approached close to Harry and said, “Were you talking to me?”
10Then Harry questioned him, saying, Why do you not join in with the others,
11And express your desire to have a Learjet,
12Like the others?
13Whereupon the child said, “I wanted to smoke a cigarette,
14“And so I did.
15“Is there something the matter with that?”
16And Harry said to all the children, Behold. Here is one who follows me,
17And he will be called aLucky,
18And shall come with me in my Learjet,
19This very day.
20And it all happened as Harry said, and Lucky went with Harry and his Angels in the Learjet,
21Which flew to bBoston that very day.
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