Chapter 2
The Fence Whitewashed by Other Hands
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1 Saturday morning breaks over the small village under blooming locust trees.
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2 Jim bends over Tom's bandaged toe as Aunt Polly slips out of the gate, slipper raised
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3 In this extreme close-up, Tom's eyes fly open.
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4 Tom whitewashes the fence as Ben Rogers bounds down the street with an apple, whooping
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5 Ben Rogers reaches for the brush and asks to whitewash a little.
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6 Traded treasures lie heaped at Tom's barrel: a kite, a dead rat, marbles, a tin soldier
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7 By mid-afternoon the whole fence shines under three coats of whitewash.
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8 Tom sits in the shade on his barrel after a day of trading.
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