The Sweet Hereafter
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that run off it.
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Bright little clusters
of three and four children...

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like berries
waiting to be plucked.

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That's the way
l thought of them sometimes.

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Like berries?
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Like l was putting them
into my big basket,

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clearing the hillside
of its children.

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Anyway, my next stop was
across from the Bide-A-While,

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which is owned and operated
by Risa and Wendell Walker.

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Risa had walked
her son Sean across the road,

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which was customary.
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Sean, he has some kind of
learning disability.

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Well, he's behind the rest
of the kids his age in school,

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and he's too nervous
to play sports.

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Strange little guy.
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But you couldn't help
but like him.

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Morning, Dolores.
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Hi, Risa.
Aren't your feet freezing?

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l guess they are.
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l want to stay with you.
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Sean...go on, honey. Go on.
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Come on, Sean, sit next to me.
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-ls he OK?
-l don't know.

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-Temperature?
-No, he's not sick or anything.

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Just one of those mornings,
l guess. You know?

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Well, l never had
those mornings, myself.

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Not so long as l had
my school bus to drive...

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not so long
as l had my...kids.


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