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Now then, here we are.

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Everything's as neat as a pin.

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Breakfast, Connie!

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Good morning, Mrs. Davis.

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Good morning, dear.

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What happened to the throw rug?

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The throw rug?

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Oh, that was dirty.

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Well, what'd you do with it?

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I guess I put it under the rug.

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Well, I'm just too tired to
face Houseworth this morning.

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That's why we're
eating out here.

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The dinette is a mess.

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I hope you don't think
I'm getting slovenly, dear.

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Slovenly, Mrs. Davis?

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Why, of course not.

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You're the soul of neatness.

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It's your fault I'm tired, dear.

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You kept me up half
the night with your typing.

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Well, you can blame that
on our beloved principal.

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Mr. Conklin delegated me to formulate a
general test for our English classes today.

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I was just typing
out the questions.

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Oh.

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I'll look up the answers
when I get to school.

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How's Mr. Compton been lately?

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His temper, I mean.

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Well, this past week, he's
been only semi-apoplectic.

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But honestly, he's so autocratic sometimes,
I could just... Oh, that's Walter Denton.

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I'll get it.

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Well, it's pretty early
for Walter, isn't it, dear?

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Well, he's been getting
up early lately to listen

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to some disc jockey called
Out of This World Oscar.

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Hold on to your
beanie, Jazz Mad.

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I'm coming.

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Good morning, Miss Brooks.

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Oh, good morning, Mr. Conklin.

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Uh, can't I, uh... Can't
you take my beanie?

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Uh, no, thank you.

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I don't want the
propellers dented.

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Good morning, Margaret.

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Hello, Osgood.

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Would you like a cup
of coffee or something?

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Oh, I could do with a cup, yes.

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Well, I'll heat this
up in just a jiffy.

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You just make
yourself comfortable.

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Wouldn't you like a piece
of toast with your coffee?

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I could do with a
piece of toast, yes.

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Do some toast while you're
doing the coffee, Mrs. Hayes.

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Won't you sit down, Miss Brooks?

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Thank you, sir.

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This is not to be
construed as a social call.

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I was on my way to the
engravers, which is just a few blocks

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from here, and thought I would
kill two birds with one stone.

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Mrs. Davis and me?

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Very amusing.

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You have probably forgotten, but
this is the time of year when some

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fortunate student receives the highest
scholastic honor Madison has to offer.

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The coveted silver
loving cup so thoughtfully

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provided by our school's
beloved founder, Yoda Critch.

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Hey, it is getting pretty
close to critch time, isn't it?

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This award is presented annually to that pupil
who exhibits superior aptitude in mastering that

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glorious linguistic infant, that heterogeneous
hodgepodge of sundry tongues, the English language.

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Now then, Miss Brooks, do
you recognize my problem?

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Yes, sir.

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How to get all those words on a cup
without slopping over into the saucer.

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Well, that is only
part of the difficulty.

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Before taking any action, however, I
want you, as the teacher who formulated

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our English test, to have a full
say in any decision about this award.

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Well, thank you, Mr. Councilor, that's
very... Since brevity is sorely needed here, I

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have been casting about for the one word
that would sum up the essence of this prize.

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How about... Then, too, instead of giving a
test with merely straight questions, I wanted

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to consult with you about the possibility of
having a brief composition form a part of it.

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Well, that's a wrap.

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A proposition that
would be judged.

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Along with the other questions, of
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penmanship, but originality of
thought, clever phraseology, and so forth.

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The word which embodies
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to me to be the correct
one to put on the cup.

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However, before going to
the engraver, I made up my

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mind to do nothing without
your go-ahead, Miss Brooks.

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After all, it's only fair that
you should have a hand in this.

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Now, it seems to me, pending
your approval naturally... Natch!

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I got that in.

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It seems to me the word unique
most closely typifies what we are after.

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Unique means unmatched,
without equal, unlike anything else.

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So, Miss Brooks, how about
having the inscription read,

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The Yoda Critch Award for
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I knew you'd like it.

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The matter is closed.

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I have everything on the tray,
Osgood, but it's rather heavy.

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Would you be good
enough to carry it in for me?

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Why, certainly.

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Well, we accomplished quite a bit
while you were in the kitchen, Margaret.

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Yes, indeed.

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Just shows what can be done when
Mr. Conklin and I put his head together.

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Well, it's teamwork that
counts, the spirit of cooperation.

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Oh, greetings, fairest of all
possible English teachers.

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Well, good morning, most
observant of all possible pupils.

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You're just in time
for breakfast, naturally.

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Sit there, Walter.

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Oh, thank you.

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Miss Brooks, you see before
you the bearer of cheerful tidings.

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You are hereby
invited to a party tonight.

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Oh, how nice.

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Well, I have some
tidings for you, too.

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Please let me finish.

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I just called Harriet to
invite her to the party, and

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she said her father's really
on the warpath this morning.

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Mr. Conklin couldn't find
one of his socks or something.

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Not now, Walter.

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I'll bet old Grouch
Puss really blew his top.

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I could just see him
stomping around giving orders.

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Get me this, get me that.

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You do this, you do that.

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Good morning, Denton.

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Oh, hi.

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I was just telling Miss
Brooks about old Grouch Puss.

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Can I get you something, Walter?

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Cup of coffee, glass of milk?

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Shot of arsenic?

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I'm afraid I'll have to
be running along now.

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Oh, aren't you going to have
some breakfast, Mr. Conklin?

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I seem to have lost my appetite.

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Goodbye, Miss Brooks.

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Goodbye, Mr. Conklin.

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Goodbye, Margaret.

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Goodbye, Osgood.

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Goodbye, Grout.

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Mr. Conklin?

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Sir?

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And to think I wanted a boy.

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You might as well
have the toast, Walter.

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It's nice and warm.

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And now then, if you'll excuse me, I
have some bran flakes cooking on the stove.

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She likes them soft.

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Well, tell me about this
party I'm invited to, Walter.

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Who's throwing it?

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Oh, Bone Snodgrass.

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You know, Stretch's brother.

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Stretch is out of
town for the weekend.

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He drove over a hundred
miles just to catch a circus.

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If that circus was
smart, it would catch him.

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But we won't miss
Stretch with bones there.

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His mind is even more
mysterious than his brother's.

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Yeah, well, he's not exactly
top-heavy with brains, I guess.

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But he's a very good-hearted kid, Miss
Brooks, and he throws some swell parties.

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What kind of a party is it?

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Well, it's a barbecue in back
of Stretch's father's pet shop.

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You see, they're having
several of the teachers.

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Some of the more
tender ones, I hope.

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It's a very romantic
spot, Miss Brooks, and

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we've taken the liberty
of inviting Mr. Boynton.

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Oh, you have?

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We got it all figured out.

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You see, the moon
rises at exactly 7.20 p.m.

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At 7.21, you and
Mr. Boynton will sneak through

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an ivy-covered archway
in the snodgrass backyard.

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And when you get through the archway,
you come to a cute little birdbath.

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And guess what's
in the birdbath?

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A dirty owl.

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No!

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No, it's a pair of
prized lovebirds.

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Now, what do you
suppose Mr. Boynton will do

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when he sees the
lovebirds in the birdbath?

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Well, if I know Mr. Boynton, he'll
close his eyes and hand them a towel.

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Well, you'll watch them
to see what they're doing.

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And what do you
suppose they are doing?

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What?

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They're rubbing
their beaks together.

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And why do you suppose they're
rubbing their beaks together?

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They're trying to set
fire to a Boy Scout.

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No, Miss Brooks, you know.

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That's her way of making love.

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Kissing.

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And with Mr. Boynton
standing right there beside ya.

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Well, you know the old
expression, monkey see, monkey do.

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Monkey see, monkey do?

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Well, sure.

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Well, don't just sit there.

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Hand me a banana
and let's get going.

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Oops, excuse me, Miss Brooks.

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Well, Bones Snodgrass, why
don't you sit down here, Bones?

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There's plenty of room.

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Gee, thanks.

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How are you on this lovely,
sunny, pre-barbecue day?

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Well, physically, I
feel OK, Miss Brooks.

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But mentally... Say
no more, Bones.

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As your English teacher
of lo these seven years,

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I'm aware of your
scholastic difficulties.

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But let's not talk shop.

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How are the plans going
for the party tonight?

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That's what I feel so
punk about, Miss Brooks.

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I'm afraid there ain't
gonna be no party.

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Bones, there isn't
going to be any party.

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You know about it already, huh?

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Know about what?

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I guess you heard what my old
man, my father, said this morning.

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No, I didn't.

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Well, my old man, my father, said that he's sick and
tired of me not getting nowheres in my studies, and

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that all parties was out for the entire whole semester,
lest I won this here Yodok Critch Award for English.

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That sentence should
win an award by itself.

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But Bones, do I understand
your old man... your father to mean

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that if you don't win the award,
the barbecue is canceled?

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That's right.

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Then I'll have to disinvite
all the people I invited.

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Gee, I'd hate to do
that, Miss Brooks.

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Yes, I'd hate to have you do it.

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Look, Bones, have you
studied at all for this test?

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Sure I have.

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I always study for everything.

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This English test I studied
even harder than I ever done.

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Something done told me
the barbecue is cooked.

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But look, Bones, there's
still some time before the test.

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Maybe it would help if you
got somebody to coach you.

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Yeah, I think I'll ask
Walter Denton to help me.

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Walter Denton?

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Well, sure, he's
much smarter than me.

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Gosh, in the final exams last
term, he beat me by 20 points.

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Yes, I know.

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What a mark he got, boy.

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29.

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Well, it just shows what can be
done with some last-minute cramming.

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Look, Bones, I don't think Walter is the ideal
tutor for you, but if you could get Harriet

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Conklin to give you a few pointers, I think
that... Oh, there's the happy couple now.

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Sure, those are them.

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Hi, Walter.

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Hiya, Bones.

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Hi, Miss Bones.

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Hello, Harriet.

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Bones.

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How are yous two?

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Bones, how are yous two?

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We're okay, thanks.

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Miss Brooks was just saying
that if somebody coaches me

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a while, maybe I got a
chance to get the cup after all.

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Well, I didn't put it quite that way,
but... Well, it's certainly worth a try.

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Oh, I'd be willing to do
whatever I could to help Bones.

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See, that reminds
me, Miss Brooks.

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Daddy wants you to pick
up the Yodar Critch Cup

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and display it in your
classroom before the test.

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It's in the custodian's
office right now.

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Mr. Burwell, I'd
better get it now.

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Meanwhile, you
kids take Bones to my

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classroom and drill
whatever you can into him.

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Okay, Miss Brooks.

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And who knows, as the moon rises
over Bones' barbecue pit tonight, you

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and Mr. Boynton may yet be plaiting
your troughs beneath the birdbath.

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I hope so, Walden.

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I'd hate to think I'd
honed my beak for nothing.

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I'm all muddled up.

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I didn't forget what
Harriet says was a noun.

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A noun is the name of
any person, place, or thing.

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Now come on, Bones,
don't be a quitter.

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What are you, a man or a mouse?

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I'm a thing.

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So I must be a noun,
like Harriet says.

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Oh, come on, Bones, try.

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You've got to concentrate.

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What with?

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Look, you want to have that big
barbecue party tonight, don't you?

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Sure, more than anything.

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Gosh, you know I ain't never
been no Einstein at English.

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Everything you tell me goes in
both my ears and out the other.

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Bones, you only have two ears.

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See?

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I ain't no good at
arithmetic either.

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Well, kids, how are we coming?

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Oh, I'm afraid we haven't
been much help, Miss Brooks.

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Now, he's more
bewildered than ever.

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I'm confused, too.

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Looks like it's going to be
up to you to pull him through.

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Well, all right, but there are only a
few minutes before lunch period ends.

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I guess I'll have to
resort to the textbook.

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Although I hate to inflict the thing
like this on a boy of his intellect.

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But why, Miss Brooks?

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Well, I'm not the only
teacher, Harriet, who feels

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that some of our textbooks
are a little antiquated.

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The rules they contain are
couched in such complicated,

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ambiguous terminology that
they very often bewilder me.

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I know what you mean.

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They even bewilder me.

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Yeah.

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Well, you kids run along now,
and Harriet, tell your father we'll

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be in his office at 3 o'clock
for the presentation of the cup.

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Okay, Miss Brooks.

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Come on, Walter.

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Yeah, good luck, Bones.

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And good luck to
you, Miss Brooks.

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Thanks.

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Thanks.

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Sit down, Bones.

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Into the bio lab?

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Will there be little kids running
around with the IQs of 120?

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Find out as we conclude today's
Our Miss Brooks marathon.

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Now Bones, before we begin this streamlined
version of an English course I'm about to give you,

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we'll eliminate from our discussion all those
phases of English in which you already excel.

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Tell me in a word what you
know about possessive pronouns.

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Huh?

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That's the word I was afraid of.

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We'll discuss
possessive pronouns.

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Now Bones, which one of
these sentences is correct?

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My father dislikes my
dancing with young girls,

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or my father dislikes me
dancing with young girls?

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My pop don't like me
dancing with no girls.

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Well, that's not the point.

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Quoting from our textbook,
let me read you the

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simple rule governing the
use of possessive pronouns.

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Now listen closely.

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Rule.

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The substantive preceding the gerund is usually in the
possessive case, while the substantive with the present

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participle is in the nominative or the objective case,
according to the use of the substantive in the sentence.

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Now then, Bones,
which is correct?

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My father dislikes my
dancing with young girls,

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or my father dislikes me
dancing with young girls?

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My pop don't like me
dancing with no girls.

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I don't blame him, no, Hal.

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But Bones, the use of the word with
in the sentence makes it prepositional.

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So perhaps I should read you the
simple rule governing prepositional

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phrases before I can expect you
to understand possessive pronouns.

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Yeah, maybe that's what's
clogging up my mind, Miss Brooks.

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Maybe if you read me
about them prepositional

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things, I might see
the whole thing clear.

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Yeah, maybe.

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All right, bones, eyes
on the blackboard.

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Rule.

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A prepositional phrase, a
subordinate clause, or a participial

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phrase may take the place of a
noun in almost any of its relations.

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Thus the sentence, for him to use the society's
money was dishonest, affords us a case in

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which an infinitive, to use, serves as a noun
by being the object of the preposition for.

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And at the same time as a verb by taking
a subject in him and an object in money.

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And the whole unites to form
the subject of the verb was

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and is qualified by the
predicate adjective dishonest.

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Is that clear?

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Well, Bob?

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My pop won't even let
me dance with my mother.

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And so we wave a reluctant
farewell to the prepositional

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phrase, plunging boldly
into the subjunctive mood.

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All right.

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Come with me, Bond.

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Rule.

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If I say, I am John the
Fisherman, I am making a positive

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statement, flatly stating that I
am indeed John the Fisherman.

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The Fisherman acting in apposition
with John, the noun which it explains.

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But, if the words, if I were, precede
the noun, that places the sentence in the

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subjunctive mood, thus indicating
that the supposition is not a possibility.

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Thus, if I say, if I were
John the Fisherman, the verb

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were makes it obvious that I
am not John the Fisherman.

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For if I were John the Fisherman, I would
simply state, I am John the Fisherman.

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Now, if I say, if I were
John the Fisherman,

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am I or am I not
John the Fisherman?

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That's easy.

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You're not John the Fisherman.

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You're right, Bones.

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I'm not John the Fisherman.

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But how do you know I'm
not John the Fisherman?

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Of course, if you was
John the Fisherman, you'd

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be carrying fish instead
of that crazy stick.

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At last, you've grasped
the fundamentals.

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On to the test.

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We brung the cup, sir.

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Very well, Winston.

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Everybody calls me
Bones, Mr... Conklin.

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The meeting will come to order.

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My friends...

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Not you.

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Miss Brooks will reveal
the winner of the Yodark

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Rich Award for Unique
Achievement in English.

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All right, Miss Brooks,
tell us the identity of

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the lucky student who
has won this coveted cup.

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Yes, sir.

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The winner of the cup
is Bone Snodgrass.

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Huh?

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Huh?

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Huh?

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Is this some sort of a joke?

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Oh, no, sir.

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I have Bone's test paper
right here, Mr. Conklin.

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And by your own definition, unique
means unmatched and without an equal.

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Here you are, Bone.

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Thanks, Miss Brooks.

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Would you tell me one thing?

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What is it?

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How did I do it?

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Yes.

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How did he do it?

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By being unique.

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In all my experience as a teacher,
Mr. Conklin, Bones is the only student

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who ever completed a test without
answering one question correctly.

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And if that ain't unique, I
ain't John the Fisherman.

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The.

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