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It had been a warm summer day and Sister Perpetua had taken all of the children out to play. Christopher and Anthony were, as usual, up to no good. The younger children watched as they tied a jump rope to a wooden sword as they planned their next scheme.

"Chris," he instructed,"you go get da marble and see I'll see if I can sneak in to da kitchens for da butter."

Christopher nodded. He wasn't exactly sure what Anthony was planning but his ideas were always good and certainly brought up a good laugh. He then turned to walk over to where some of the other children sat playing marbles.

"Heya, would you mind if I spot a marble off ya?" he asked them kindly. The children shook their heads and picked up a marble off the side to give to him. It was a small, round, black marble and when Christopher took it, it slipped from his fingers and rolled off onto the cobblestone street. He ran out to get and as he bent down to pick it up, he looked up just in time to see a horse drawn carriage speeding right at him before-

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It was halfway through the day and Crutchy was already tired. His leg was beginning to bother him, but he ignored it. This happened every time after he'd after walked on it without a break for more than three hours. He continued on until he found his favorite park. He looked around for a nice spot then sat down on a bench. He was hungry. He pulled out a bread bun from his pocket that some nuns had given him that morning. Most of the newsies thought nuns were crazy old bats who belonged to a sort of cult, but Crutchy knew different. He had grown up in an orphanage run by nuns and had always had great respect for them. His favorite nun who had raised him in the orphanage was Sister Perpetua. She had been a loose woman, or looser than the other nuns anyway, who had been tight and strict. She was the only nun who had ever found any of the pranks he and Anthony had pulled amusing. Anthony had been his best friend. He still missed him sometimes. Crutchy looked at his watch. He had been sitting and reminiscing about his childhood for ten minutes! He picked up his papers and walked quickly to the main square still thinking about Anthony.