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"Well that was a waste of my precious time," stated Spot as the small group headed back over to Cambridge, "Wait lemme rephrase dat.everyting 'cept for pushing Race in the harbah was a waste of my time."
"Spot, that's exactly the type of attitude that Problems said we needed to woik on!" exclaimed Random as she sat on a park bench in Harvard Yard. The group mused over this comment and a few minutes went by without anyone saying a single word.
"Randy, Chippah said dat you'se and Crunchy knew Problems as you'se were growin up. How far do you'se guys go back?" asked Race to brighten the mood.
"Way back! We lived in the same tenements growing up, and our folks woiked at the same factory. One day the factory caught fiah and everybody who woiked deah died. You see, to keep the woikers in their bosses locked the doors so nobody could get out."
"Wow, tough," said Race, his hopes of lighting the mood had suddenly vanashed.
"You could say that again. Anyway, then it was just me, Crunchy, Problems, and Charlie."
"Charlie?' inquired Jack.
"Well, you'se might know him as Fins, he's Probs youngah bruddah." With this comment the boys' mouths dropped open, never in a million years would they have guessed Fins to be related to Problems.
"Wait, what? Why is he living in Cambridge instead of Boston?"
"Well, aftah the fiah we had to fend foah ouahselves. Crunchy and Probs are both a yeah oldah than me, and I'm eight yeahs oldah than Fins. We grew up in Cambridge and started being newsies a yeah aftah our folks dies. That means I was." here Randy was busy doing some calculations on her hands, "twelve. So Fins was only forah. See I was the one he really looked up to because I was always around him. Crunchy and Problems had to woik foah us to survive so I watched Fins while dey were out. When she found out dat she could be da new leadah foah Boston, she jumped at the idea. A coise dat meant leavin' Fins behind cause he didn't want to move to Boston. We decided dat he would live wid us and visit Probs every time I went. He loves da harbah, so does every newsie brought up in Boston or Cambridge, and we can take it in any kind of weatha," said Random as she eyed Spot.
"Ha ha ha, very funny."
"Wait! Chippah said that Crunchy was afraid of Probs," added Race.
"Oh dat whole ting started when we foist met each oddah. I was just a little tyke and Crunchy and Probs were only like, I don't know, five or six, so he didn't really know how to swim. Probs had just moved to Cambridge from da Cape so she already knew how tah swim and everyting. One day our muddahs were taking us to the hahbah when Probs decided to go foah a swim, so she jumped right in. She didn't want to swim alone so she pulled Crunchy in and he almost drowned. Actually its quite funny now that I tink on it some moah."
"Dats it? I tought it was gonna be something moah exciting dan just getting pushed in the watah!" cried Spot.
"Hey it was very traumatizing. He nevah learned to swim aftah dat!"
"Not to change da subject or anyting, but wheah's Fins?" asked Jack before Spot and Random got into a full-fledged brawl.
"Oh, whenevah he gets soakn wet swimming, we just leave him wid Probs."
"Wish I could do dat," said Race as he sat shivering in the cold night weather.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I'se forgot dat you'se were soakn wet! Let's head back so you'se can warm up. Although I'm not to anxious to meet everybody else without Probs," declared Random as she stood up and headed over to her Lodging House. "Oh, you'se boys might have to spot me, I need money tah be able tah sleep tanight, and I'm a little short."
"Well that was a waste of my precious time," stated Spot as the small group headed back over to Cambridge, "Wait lemme rephrase dat.everyting 'cept for pushing Race in the harbah was a waste of my time."
"Spot, that's exactly the type of attitude that Problems said we needed to woik on!" exclaimed Random as she sat on a park bench in Harvard Yard. The group mused over this comment and a few minutes went by without anyone saying a single word.
"Randy, Chippah said dat you'se and Crunchy knew Problems as you'se were growin up. How far do you'se guys go back?" asked Race to brighten the mood.
"Way back! We lived in the same tenements growing up, and our folks woiked at the same factory. One day the factory caught fiah and everybody who woiked deah died. You see, to keep the woikers in their bosses locked the doors so nobody could get out."
"Wow, tough," said Race, his hopes of lighting the mood had suddenly vanashed.
"You could say that again. Anyway, then it was just me, Crunchy, Problems, and Charlie."
"Charlie?' inquired Jack.
"Well, you'se might know him as Fins, he's Probs youngah bruddah." With this comment the boys' mouths dropped open, never in a million years would they have guessed Fins to be related to Problems.
"Wait, what? Why is he living in Cambridge instead of Boston?"
"Well, aftah the fiah we had to fend foah ouahselves. Crunchy and Probs are both a yeah oldah than me, and I'm eight yeahs oldah than Fins. We grew up in Cambridge and started being newsies a yeah aftah our folks dies. That means I was." here Randy was busy doing some calculations on her hands, "twelve. So Fins was only forah. See I was the one he really looked up to because I was always around him. Crunchy and Problems had to woik foah us to survive so I watched Fins while dey were out. When she found out dat she could be da new leadah foah Boston, she jumped at the idea. A coise dat meant leavin' Fins behind cause he didn't want to move to Boston. We decided dat he would live wid us and visit Probs every time I went. He loves da harbah, so does every newsie brought up in Boston or Cambridge, and we can take it in any kind of weatha," said Random as she eyed Spot.
"Ha ha ha, very funny."
"Wait! Chippah said that Crunchy was afraid of Probs," added Race.
"Oh dat whole ting started when we foist met each oddah. I was just a little tyke and Crunchy and Probs were only like, I don't know, five or six, so he didn't really know how to swim. Probs had just moved to Cambridge from da Cape so she already knew how tah swim and everyting. One day our muddahs were taking us to the hahbah when Probs decided to go foah a swim, so she jumped right in. She didn't want to swim alone so she pulled Crunchy in and he almost drowned. Actually its quite funny now that I tink on it some moah."
"Dats it? I tought it was gonna be something moah exciting dan just getting pushed in the watah!" cried Spot.
"Hey it was very traumatizing. He nevah learned to swim aftah dat!"
"Not to change da subject or anyting, but wheah's Fins?" asked Jack before Spot and Random got into a full-fledged brawl.
"Oh, whenevah he gets soakn wet swimming, we just leave him wid Probs."
"Wish I could do dat," said Race as he sat shivering in the cold night weather.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I'se forgot dat you'se were soakn wet! Let's head back so you'se can warm up. Although I'm not to anxious to meet everybody else without Probs," declared Random as she stood up and headed over to her Lodging House. "Oh, you'se boys might have to spot me, I need money tah be able tah sleep tanight, and I'm a little short."