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Newsies or to the people who made them up.
Kloppman climbed the stairs, as he had done every morning at this time since he came to own the Newsboys Lodging House. He walked into the bunkroom, looked around, and shook his head.
"GET UP!!! TIME TO SELL THE PAPES!!! UP!! BOOTS, GET UP!!" Kloppman called out. "SKITTERY!!! GET UP! WHEN IT'S TIME TO GET UP, YA GOTTA GET UP!! COME ON!!! SELL THE PAPERS!! UP, UP!!"
Racetrack rolled over. He didn't want to get up. Last night he had stayed up late, playing poker with Pie Eater, Snoddy, and Specs.
"Racetrack!" Kloppman screamed right in his ear. "Get up! The papes aren't gonna sell themselves!"
"Yeah, yeah." Racetrack said, rolling out of bed. "I'm up."
Race walked towards the bathroom to splash water on his water.
"Heya, Race." Mush said.
"Is dere a reason you're always so happy in da mornin', Mush?" Race asked.
Mush laughed.
"Hey, Race!" Jack said, starting to shave.
"Heya Jacky-boy." Race said.
"WHO HAS MY HAT?!?!" Kid Blink shouted.
Race hit him. "Do ya have ta scream right in me ear?"
"Sorry, Race. Didn't see ya." Kid Blink exclaimed.
"Shuddup, Kid!" Race said.
Kloppman popped his head into the washroom and shouted, "FIVE MINUTES, BOYS!"
All the newsies, for they were all in the bathroom at that time, heard him, and started dressing faster.
Once they were ready, they ran out the door, heading for the Distribution Office on Newspaper Row.
"Race! Wait up!" Mush called from behind him. Race stopped to wait for him. They were best friends, after all.
"Hurry up, Mush!! We'll be behind everyone!" Race cried.
"Not da goils. They're ALWAYS late." Mush said.
"Ya nevah know. Taday we might just be behind them." Race said, giving Mush a hard time.
"Well, we bettah not just stand heah." Mush pulled Race's arm and they caught up with the rest of the newsboys.
"Dere ya are!" Kid Blink said, appearing next to them.
"Hey, Kid." Mush said. "How come we'se ain't movin'? Da gate has ta be open by now."
"It is. But da goils got heah at da same time as us." Kid explained.
"Don't tell us, Jack decided ta let 'em go foist?" Race said.
"Well, not yet he didn't. He's talkin' ta them." Kid said.
Race pushed his way up to the front next to Jack. "Jack, don't let 'em go before us."
"Why not, Race?" Cocky asked. Cocky had long dark brown hair underneath a light brown cabby hat. She stared him right in the eyes, making it easy to see they were brown. Race could also see her freckles. Her black suspenders hung down over light brown pants, instead of on the shoulders of her white button down shirt.
"Because ya don't desoive it." Race shrugged.
Fantasy laughed. She had blond hair that came down from a gray cabby hat. She, too, had freckles, and was taller than Cocky was, but looked younger. Her light blue shirt made her eyes look greener. Her black suspenders hung at her sides, too, over her dark brown pants. "Please tell me why, Race."
Racetrack smirked at her. "Fantasy, ya know as well as I do dat they're always late."
"Are not!" Rave exclaimed. She was wearing along the same lines of clothing as the other two, but she would definitely stand out in a crowd. Her brown hair had tints of red in it, under a black cabby hat that was backwards. She had on a gray tank top under a white button down shirt, which wasn't exactly buttoned. Only a few were. She rolled up the sleeves on the shirt, and she had a black vest on over that. She was wearing some sort of necklace, but Race couldn't tell what, only that it had something silver hanging down from it. On her wrist was a burgundy bracelet. Her pants, which were a slate color, had one leg of it rolled up to her knee. He could see she was wearing black socks and black lace-up shoes.
"Yeah, Race. We ain't always late. We ain't taday." Rain pointed out. Her bright blue eyes seemed to laugh at him. "Don't know if ya noticed." She pushed some of her wavy blond hair behind her ear, away from her face, making it easier to see the scar she had on her bottom lip. Her light, tan skin could be seen where the brown cut-off pants weren't at. Her light blue over-shirt was blowing in the wind.
"Oh, thanks, Rain." Race said, smiling.
"Heya goils!" Snitch said, walking up to see why they weren't going in.
Rain smiled. "Heya, Snitch."
"Come on!!!" Specs called from the back of the group of boys. "We'se need ta sell!"
Jack rolled his eyes and walked in to get his papes for the morning. The girls and boys all followed him.
Kloppman climbed the stairs, as he had done every morning at this time since he came to own the Newsboys Lodging House. He walked into the bunkroom, looked around, and shook his head.
"GET UP!!! TIME TO SELL THE PAPES!!! UP!! BOOTS, GET UP!!" Kloppman called out. "SKITTERY!!! GET UP! WHEN IT'S TIME TO GET UP, YA GOTTA GET UP!! COME ON!!! SELL THE PAPERS!! UP, UP!!"
Racetrack rolled over. He didn't want to get up. Last night he had stayed up late, playing poker with Pie Eater, Snoddy, and Specs.
"Racetrack!" Kloppman screamed right in his ear. "Get up! The papes aren't gonna sell themselves!"
"Yeah, yeah." Racetrack said, rolling out of bed. "I'm up."
Race walked towards the bathroom to splash water on his water.
"Heya, Race." Mush said.
"Is dere a reason you're always so happy in da mornin', Mush?" Race asked.
Mush laughed.
"Hey, Race!" Jack said, starting to shave.
"Heya Jacky-boy." Race said.
"WHO HAS MY HAT?!?!" Kid Blink shouted.
Race hit him. "Do ya have ta scream right in me ear?"
"Sorry, Race. Didn't see ya." Kid Blink exclaimed.
"Shuddup, Kid!" Race said.
Kloppman popped his head into the washroom and shouted, "FIVE MINUTES, BOYS!"
All the newsies, for they were all in the bathroom at that time, heard him, and started dressing faster.
Once they were ready, they ran out the door, heading for the Distribution Office on Newspaper Row.
"Race! Wait up!" Mush called from behind him. Race stopped to wait for him. They were best friends, after all.
"Hurry up, Mush!! We'll be behind everyone!" Race cried.
"Not da goils. They're ALWAYS late." Mush said.
"Ya nevah know. Taday we might just be behind them." Race said, giving Mush a hard time.
"Well, we bettah not just stand heah." Mush pulled Race's arm and they caught up with the rest of the newsboys.
"Dere ya are!" Kid Blink said, appearing next to them.
"Hey, Kid." Mush said. "How come we'se ain't movin'? Da gate has ta be open by now."
"It is. But da goils got heah at da same time as us." Kid explained.
"Don't tell us, Jack decided ta let 'em go foist?" Race said.
"Well, not yet he didn't. He's talkin' ta them." Kid said.
Race pushed his way up to the front next to Jack. "Jack, don't let 'em go before us."
"Why not, Race?" Cocky asked. Cocky had long dark brown hair underneath a light brown cabby hat. She stared him right in the eyes, making it easy to see they were brown. Race could also see her freckles. Her black suspenders hung down over light brown pants, instead of on the shoulders of her white button down shirt.
"Because ya don't desoive it." Race shrugged.
Fantasy laughed. She had blond hair that came down from a gray cabby hat. She, too, had freckles, and was taller than Cocky was, but looked younger. Her light blue shirt made her eyes look greener. Her black suspenders hung at her sides, too, over her dark brown pants. "Please tell me why, Race."
Racetrack smirked at her. "Fantasy, ya know as well as I do dat they're always late."
"Are not!" Rave exclaimed. She was wearing along the same lines of clothing as the other two, but she would definitely stand out in a crowd. Her brown hair had tints of red in it, under a black cabby hat that was backwards. She had on a gray tank top under a white button down shirt, which wasn't exactly buttoned. Only a few were. She rolled up the sleeves on the shirt, and she had a black vest on over that. She was wearing some sort of necklace, but Race couldn't tell what, only that it had something silver hanging down from it. On her wrist was a burgundy bracelet. Her pants, which were a slate color, had one leg of it rolled up to her knee. He could see she was wearing black socks and black lace-up shoes.
"Yeah, Race. We ain't always late. We ain't taday." Rain pointed out. Her bright blue eyes seemed to laugh at him. "Don't know if ya noticed." She pushed some of her wavy blond hair behind her ear, away from her face, making it easier to see the scar she had on her bottom lip. Her light, tan skin could be seen where the brown cut-off pants weren't at. Her light blue over-shirt was blowing in the wind.
"Oh, thanks, Rain." Race said, smiling.
"Heya goils!" Snitch said, walking up to see why they weren't going in.
Rain smiled. "Heya, Snitch."
"Come on!!!" Specs called from the back of the group of boys. "We'se need ta sell!"
Jack rolled his eyes and walked in to get his papes for the morning. The girls and boys all followed him.