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The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued
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Zeke was surprised, but liked the answer, as it showed that some rules may be broken without penalty. He made a mental note to bring that one up with his mother someday.
On this day Zeke was to hear the Pledge of Allegiance for the first time; “With liberty and justice for all,” desiring more of the former for himself. He played “Roll the ball” for the first time, though with the large number of students standing in a circle, he never got the ball. He didn’t really care, as the game seemed silly to him. Three kids stood in the middle of the circle and the others rolled a soccer ball slowly at them, with the object of hitting one, at which point the roller became part of the inner circle. With the requirement of the slow roll, the kids inside had no problem getting away from the ball. Besides that, he wasn’t sure it was desirable to be in the middle.
As she picked up the ball, indicating the end of the game, she pointed at Jimmy, a tall, thin white boy, who wore black dress pants and a disheveled white shirt undone to the second button with a black tie and said, “What kind of movies do you like?”
Jimmy promptly replied; “Monster.”
“Why?”
“They’re different.”