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??I found a cricket!?? Mario exclaimed. He picked the insect up very gently between his thumb and forefinger and held him out for his parents to see.
Mama studied the little black creature carefully. ??It??s a bug,?? she pronounced finally. ??Throw it away.??
Mario??s happiness fell in ruins. ??No, Mama,?? he said anxiously. ??It??s a special kind of bug. Crickets are good luck.??
??Good luck, eh??? Mama??s voice had a way of sounding very dry when she didn??t believe something. ??Cricketers are good luck??so I suppose ants are better luck. And cockroaches are the best luck of all. Throw it away.??
??Please, Mama, I want to keep him for a pet.??
??No bugs are coming to my house,?? said Mama. ??We??ve got enough already with the screens full of holes. He??ll whistle to his friends??they??ll come from all over??we??ll have a houseful of cricketers.
??No we won??t,?? said Mario in a low voice. ??I??ll fix the screens.?? But he knew it was no use arguing with Mama. When she had made up her mind you might as well try to reason with Eighth Avenue subway.
??How was selling tonight??? asked Papa. He was a peaceful man and always tried to head off arguments. Changing the subject was something he did very well.
??Fifteen papers and four magazines,?? said Mario. ??And Paul just bought a Sunday Times.??
??No one took a Musical America, or anything else nice??? Papa was very proud that his newsstand carried all of what he called the ??quality magazines.??
??No,?? answered Mario.
??So you spend less time playing with cricketers, you??ll sell more papers,?? said Mama.
??Oh now now,?? Papa soothed her. ??Mario can??t help it if nobody buys.
??You can tell the temperature with crickets too,?? said Mario. ??You count the number of chirps in a minute, divide by four, and add forty. They??re very intelligent.
??Who needs a cricketer??thermometer??? said Mama. ??It??s coming on summer, it??s New York??it??s hot. And how do Louis Vuitton Outlet Online know so much about cricketers? Are you one???
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??Mario looked down at his new friend in the palm of louis vuitton outlet hand. Just for once he had been really happy. The cricket seemed to know that something was wrong. He jumped onto the shelf and crept into the Louis Vuitton Outlet Store could keep it here in the newsstand,?? suggested Papa.
Mario jumped at that idea. ??Yes, and then he wouldn??t have to come home. I could feed him here, and leave him here, and you??d never have to see him,?? he said to Mama. ??and when you took the stand, I??d bring him with me.??
Mama paused. ??Cricketers,?? she said scornfully. ??What do we want with a cricketer???
??What do we want with a newsstand??? said Papa. ??We got it??let??s keep it.?? There was something resigned, but nice, about Papa.
??You said I could have a dog,?? said Mario, ??but I never got him. And I never got a cat, or a bird, or anything. I wanted this cricket for my pet.??
??He??s yours, then,?? said Papa. And when Papa spoke in a certain quiet tone??that was all there was to it. Even Mama didn??t dare disagree.
She took a deep breath. ??Oh, well???? she sighed. And Mario knew it would LV Outlet Online all right. Mama??s saying ??oh well?? was her way of giving in. ??But only Louis Vuitton Outlet trial he stays. At the first sign of the cricketer friends, or if we come down with peculiar disease??out he goes!??
??Yes, Mama, anything you say,?? said Mario.
??Come on, Mario,?? Papa said. ??Help me close up.??
Mario held the matchbox up to his eye. He was sure the cricket looked much happier, now that he Louis Vuitton Outlet stay. ??Good night,?? he said. ??I??ll be back in the morning.??
??Talking to it yet!?? said Mama. ??I??ve got a cricketer for a son.??