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other, and theatrically scooted their seats in and sat up straight.
“I hear you kids got two extra weeks off,” Luis said. “You have big plans this sum-mer?”
“Is it true a giant bug almost ate you?” replied Clarence.
“Yes, that’s true,” Luis said.
“Was it cool?”
“You ever get so scared you crap your pants?” Luis said.
“He craps his pants every day,” Darla chimed in.
“Shut up!” announced Clarence and was halfway up out of his seat again.
“I told El’ there’s no need for her to cook when I’m grilling sausages,” said Grimaldi, entering the room. “But she went ahead and made burgers in the oven.”
Grimaldi placed a plate of inedibly burnt sausages on the table, opened a bag of buns and put a sausage in a bun.
“I think I’m in a burger mood today, ac-tually!” said
