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1  I told him it was Stradlater's.
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2  Every time he told it, it was different.
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3  I thought it was going to stink, but it didn't.
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4  Even without looking up, I knew right away who it was.
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5  Anyway, it was the Saturday of the football game with Saxon Hall.
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6  He started handling my exam paper like it was a turd or something.
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7  But it was just that we were too much on opposite sides of the pole, that's all.
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8  It was a very crude thing to do, in chapel and all, but it was also quite amusing.
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9  I guess he thought it was all right to do because it was only me that was in the room.
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10  Quite a few guys came from these very wealthy families, but it was full of crooks anyway.
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11  There were about three inches of snow on the ground, and it was still coming down like a madman.
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12  I was wondering if it would be frozen over when I got home, and if it was, where did the ducks go.
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13  Anyway, it was December and all, and it was cold as a witch's teat, especially on top of that stupid hill.
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14  It was just before dinner and it was getting pretty dark out, but we kept chucking the ball around anyway.
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15  I can't really tap-dance or anything, but it was a stone floor in the can, and it was good for tap-dancing.
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16  I walked over to the window, but you couldn't see out of it, it was so steamy from all the heat in the can.
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17  What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.
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