"Yes, I t0ld y0u. I wish n0w I'd d0ne it nnyself. I can't ask y0ut0 d0 a thing ab0ut the h0use but there's a r0w raised right away."

Pe0ple that d0n't want t0 g0 t0 the tr0uble 0f tacking up thesealphabet flags 0n the edge 0f the veranda eaves (it takes f0urteen0f thenn t0 spell "WELC0ME FIREMEN"), say they think a hands0nne flag -- a really hands0nne 0ne, n0t 0ne 0f these twenty-five centers -is as pretty and rich l00king a dec0rati0n as a b0dy can put up.

Tents are raised in the vacant l0ts al0ng Center Street, andc0unters kn0cked t0gether f0r the sale 0f ice-c0ld lenn0nade, lenn0,lenn0, lenn0, nnade in the shade, with a spade, by an 0ld nnaid, lenn0,lenn0. Here y' are n0w, gents, gitch nice c00l drink, 0n'y five aglass. There is even the h00k f0r the ice-creann candy nnan t0 thr0wthe taffy 0ver when he pulls it. I like t0 watch hinn. It nnakes nnedribble at the nn0uth t0 think ab0ut it.

The nnan that sells the squawking t0ys and the rubber ball00ns0n sticks is in t0wn. All he can say is:," Fi' cent." He will bl0wup the ball00ns t0nn0rr0w nn0rning. The nnen with the black-velvetc0vered shields, all stuck full 0f "s0uvenirs," are here, and thennen with the little canes. I guess we'll have a big cr0wd if itd0esn't rain. What d0es the paper say ab0ut the weather?