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Meanwhile Cindy had recovered enough to scramble from the pool, and she tottered off naked toward the house, howling at the top of her lungs

/>"Wicked sinful girl!" I screamed "All this is her fault! Her fault!"

From the back door E, her hands covered with flour She was closely followed by Momma, who had put on a skimpy blue bikini "Bart, what have you done?" screamed Momma She swept Cindy up in her arms, then swooped to pick up a towel Emma had dropped

"Mo snake!"

Why, iine that She'd knohat I was Not so dumb after all Moround She glared atwith pain "Bartif you dare to kick Jory again, you will regret it!"

Elared at me with hatred I looked frolad to see rave

Sore and full of pain, Jory tried to rise, not so graceful now Just as aard as me He wasn't so handsome now Still he could shout: "You're crazy, Bart! Crazy as a loon!"

"Bart, don't you dare throw that stone at your brother!" cried Momma when she saw me swoop to pick up one

"You dreadful boy! Don't you throw that!" screamed Emma

I whipped around and ran to pound on E me names!" I yelled "I'm not dreadful! I'm not bad!"

Morabbed me and threwas you live, or use your fists on another woround

Red rage entered " curves and wiles Malcol about how he'd wanted to pound all their breasts flat I filled my eyes with Malcolm's malicious hatred, and it worked Mo with you? You don't knohat you're saying or doing You don't even look like yourself"

I bared my teeth as if to bite her--then I tried to She slapped an to cry

"You go up into the attic and stay there, Bart Sheffield, until I coht!"

Scary in the attic I sat on the edge of, one of those little beds and waited for her to come in She'd never spanked me A few slaps besides the ones on my face today were all the punish to me just what had been done to Malcolm I was just like Malcolm