enough, and I told him about Beads. He said that Uncle Charley was interested in such Bailey’s things, and he would ask him. Uncle Charley might take us in his new Graham-Paige. Nothing very much happened for a couple of weeks after that. Except one day I found out that if you opened the and he flew across the mirror and perched on the frame, he canary’s cage would see himself in the mirror and begin to sing. Uncle Charlie agreed to drive to Amesbury in his new Graham-Paige. The weather turned out fine. The hour of totality was late in the afternoon. Just myself and my father and Uncle Charlie went along as everyone else was away or busy. Uncle Charlie drove up Swan Street into Pleasant Valley, and when we got to Lake Kenoza, he stopped and ate half a corned beef sandwich. He does not like to go on long trips without stopping half way. In Amesbury, the road was jammed with more car than ever seen. We pulled over to I’ve the side and waited. The eclipse had already begun. Now the thing about an eclipse is this. It really takes a long time for the moon to cover the sun, and after over, it takes a long time to it’s uncover the sun. But the time when the sun is completely covered is quite short. We waited and waited. The viewer I had bought was very good. My father and Uncle Charlie too along a bunch of snapshot negatives to look through, but mine was better and they kept borrowing it. Suddenly, the sun was entirely covered. The whole place got very dark. A cold breeze blew across the field. I head a robin sing the special song they sing at sunset. Beads Bailey’s appeared and lasted longer than I would have thought. We all had several turns on my viewer. I took out the snake, and it seemed to me that it was more real than usual. When the total eclipse was over, we waited around for a while and then went back home. Uncle Charlie stopped at Lake Kenoza and ate the other half of his sandwich. was my mother asked us when we got back. “How it?”
enough, and I told him about Bailey’s Beads. He said that Uncle Charley was interested in such things, and he would ask him. Uncle Charley might take us in his new Graham-Paige. Nothing very much happened for a couple of weeks after that. Except one day I found out that if you opened the canary’s cage and he flew across the mirror and perched on the frame, he would see himself in the mirror and begin to sing. Uncle Charlie agreed to drive to Amesbury in his new Graham-Paige. The weather turned out fine. The hour of totality was late in the afternoon. Just myself and my father and Uncle Charlie went along as everyone else was away or busy. Uncle Charlie drove up Swan Street into Pleasant Valley, and when we got to Lake Kenoza, he stopped and ate half a corned beef sandwich. He does not like to go on long trips without stopping half way. In Amesbury, the road was jammed with more car than I’ve ever seen. We pulled over to the side and waited. The eclipse had already begun. Now the thing about an eclipse is this. It really takes a long time for the moon to cover the sun, and after it’s over, it takes a long time to uncover the sun. But the time when the sun is completely covered is quite short. We waited and waited. The viewer I had bought was very good. My father and Uncle Charlie too along a bunch of snapshot negatives to look through, but mine was better and they kept borrowing it. Suddenly, the sun was entirely covered. The whole place got very dark. A cold breeze blew across the field. I head a robin sing the special song they sing at sunset. Bailey’s Beads appeared and lasted longer than I would have thought. We all had several turns on my viewer. I took out the snake, and it seemed to me that it was more real than usual. When the total eclipse was over, we waited around for a while and then went back home. Uncle Charlie stopped at Lake Kenoza and ate the other half of his sandwich. “How was it?” my mother asked us when we got back.
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