[Savage Beast]

When I was in the first grade, back in 1944, I rode the city bus to school and had to transfer to a different bus. Sometimes I walked to school or back home. Many of the children did.

The Krispy Kreme place put fresh donuts in the window just as school was out. Everybody salivated walking by--except the ones who had a nickel for a donut.

One day, a boy named Jimmy didn't feel well, so the teacher let him go home. She asked if anyone lived near Jimmy. I did. So she asked me to walk home with him. I did.

[linMcHlp]

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