Ch 27—Pages 260 A
Little and I walked side by side, down the ramp and into the large paint room we worked in. My guts tensed and sucked air. Casey, a big, kind, friendly guard, was on duty. He was one of the few rare human beings left in my kind of world. He looked up at us and at the casually strolling cons who wanted a good look-see at this rumble, and, sensing that something was up, eased his big hard brown wooden stick into a more favorable position. But he didn’t say anything. I looked at Little, who was standing close to me for a chance to reach me fast when we started throwing punches. I pushed him away and he almost tore my jaw off with a left cross. I hadn’t figured him to be a southpaw. I hit the floor hard and all I knew was to get up. I scrambled and grabbed him and punched and held, and he punched and held, and damned if I didn’t feel like at last here in front of me was somebody I could take out my mad steam on; and I guess he felt the same. Little actually was my friend, one of the clique—and now we were trying to mash each other. I tore into his guts with rights, lefts and elbows; he pounded away at my face. Suddenly, it was over by silent mutual consent. We just looked at each other, lips tight and bloodied. Then Casey came over quietly and said, “You guys got it out of your systems?” Our heads shook up and down in unison. “Okay, if you guys had picked up sticks or pipes, or used anything else other than your fists, I would have wrapped this billy stick around both your heads. As it is, I’ve seen nothing and you’ve done nothing. I don’t want no more of this.”
Where were Piri and Little going?
Who is Casey?
What did Piri and Little do?
What did Casey do?
Ch 27—Pages 260 B
Little and I walked side by side, down the ramp and into the large paint room we worked in. My guts tensed and sucked air. Casey, a big, kind, friendly guard, was on duty. He was one of the few human beings left in my world. He looked up at us and at the cons who wanted a good look at this rumble. He didn’t say anything. I looked at Little, who was standing close to me for a chance to reach me fast when we started throwing punches. I pushed him away and he almost tore my jaw off with a left cross. I hit the floor hard and all I knew was to get up. I scrambled and grabbed him and punched, and he punched. Little actually was my friend, one of the clique—and now we were trying to mash each other. I tore into his guts with rights, lefts and elbows; he pounded away at my face. Suddenly, it was over. We just looked at each other, lips bloodied. Then Casey came over and said, “You guys got it out of your systems?” Our heads shook up and down in unison. “Okay, if you guys had picked up sticks or pipes, or used anything else other than your fists, I would have wrapped this stick around both your heads. As it is, I’ve seen nothing and you’ve done nothing. I don’t want no more of this.”
Where were Piri and Little going?
Who is Casey?
What did Piri and Little do?
Ch 27—Pages 260 C
Little and I walked side by side, into the paint room we worked in. Casey, a friendly guard, was on duty. He was one of the few human beings left in my world. He looked up at us and at the cons who wanted a good look at this rumble. He didn’t say anything. I looked at Little, who was standing close to me for a chance to reach me fast when we started throwing punches. I pushed him away and he almost tore my jaw off with a left cross. I hit the floor hard. I scrambled and grabbed him and punched, and he punched. Little actually was my friend, one of the clique—and now we were trying to mash each other. I tore into his guts with rights, lefts and elbows; he pounded away at my face. Suddenly, it was over. We just looked at each other, lips bloodied. Then Casey came over and said, “You guys got it out of your systems?” Our heads shook up and down. “Okay, if you guys had picked up sticks, or used anything other than your fists, I would have wrapped this stick around both your heads. As it is, I’ve seen nothing and you’ve done nothing. I don’t want no more of this.”
Where were Piri and Little going?
Who is Casey?
What did Piri and Little do?
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