THE OLD EMPTY HOUSE On a hot afternoon in the middle of the summer, I climbed over the fence in our back yard and dropped down on the other side where my friend Bobby lived. He was waiting for me to come, for we had planned to go up to the old empty Donovan house. that the Donovans moved out in the said I. “I’m glad spring,” said think on the cherry tree if they “So’m I,” Bobby, “I don’t they’d ever let us climb were living there now.” climb up the cherry tree, all the way up to the secret place, and then eat “Let’s first let’s some cherries, and then go into the summer house where the old lawn swing is let’s ….” then play with the sun dial, and the old said Bobby. “And let’s silver ball,” So Bobby and I ran up to the and climbed up the cherry tree. We went Donovans’ yard, as far as the secret place where we had a flashlight and an Indian tomahawk hidden. what Bobby. “Y’know let’s do?” asked said I, picking a bunch of cherries. “What?” see if we can get into the “Let’s Donovans’ house.”
THE OLD EMPTY HOUSE On a hot afternoon in the middle of the summer, I climbed over the fence in our back yard and dropped down on the other side where my friend Bobby lived. He was waiting for me to come, for we had planned to go up to the old empty Donovan house. “I’m glad that the Donovans moved out in the spring,” said I. “So’m I,” said Bobby, “I don’t think they’d ever let us climb on the cherry tree if they were living there now.” “Let’s first climb up the cherry tree, all the way up to the secret place, and then let’s eat some cherries, and then let’s go into the summer house where the old lawn swing is ….” “And then let’s play with the sun dial, and the old silver ball,” said Bobby. So Bobby and I ran up to the Donovans’ yard, and climbed up the cherry tree. We went as far as the secret place where we had a flashlight and an Indian tomahawk hidden. “Y’know what let’s do?” asked Bobby. “What?” said I, picking a bunch of cherries. “Let’s see if we can get into the Donovans’ house.”
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