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"Hot strawberry rhubarb pie!" thought Trevor. Helping himself greedily to a huge bite... he bit down hard and cracked a tooth.
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"He spit the hard thing into the dust," continued Gramps. "It wasn't until he found the mate a few bites later that he saw the sparkle. Sent him scrambling to find the first one but soon he had both in hand."Comment
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"Dang!" Evvie said. She relished her grandpa's stories. "But Gramps...didn't he have to go to the dentist?"Comment
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"that's how we found out what had happened," zeke replied. "ol' doc stephens blabbed it all over town after trevor showed up at his office the next morning."Comment
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"Golly," Evvie said, "did Donna have him arrested for stealing the pie?"Comment
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"Evvie," Zeke said, "Aunt Donna was one of the most forgiving souls on this earth. She baked him another one. In retrospect, that might have been a mistake. Trevor never came to claim the pie, and Donna never got the diamonds back."Comment
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Evvie giggled - it was a sweet, infectious sound that her grandpa loved. "Maybe she was just hoping he'd break another tooth!" Then she said, "But Gramps...what did he do with those earrings?"Comment
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"sweet girl," zeke responded, nodding his head, "that was the question EVERYONE was asking!"Comment
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"Goes well with my eyes - the earrings, that is" thought Caitlyn. That was the name Trevor sometimes thought of himself as. He admired them a bit longer, and then slipped them into his pocket and wondered where he might find the nearest pawn shop.Comment
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Placing the earrings on the counter at Universal Pawn, Trevor paused. He hadn't thought of his Mom in a long long time, but he realized in that moment that today was her birthday, and he wondered if he should keep the earrings instead and try to get them to her as a gift.
"$7.00 sir?" the clerk asked.
"What?" asked Trevor, returning to the matter at hand.
"Would $7.00 be acceptable to you?" the clerk asked.
"Hmmm," Trevor hesitated. "Tell you what," he said. "Maybe I'll be back tomorrow." He snatched the earrings from the counter and walked out the door.Comment
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Reaching the corner, Trevor took a sharp left and entered a secluded doorway. A moment later he emerged as Caitlyn and was wearing the beautiful earrings. He just couldn't take a chance that the pawn shop owner would recognize him. He strutted purposefully toward the nearest UPS office, intent upon getting these gems to his mother for her birthday. He was so proud of this decision to act unselfishly for once.Comment
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"Exactly what did that man take me for, a fool?" Caitlyn asked him/herself. "These are diamond earrings, and all he offered was $7.00? He took them to the back of the store and examined them himself. He had to know what they're worth! Maybe he thought I would believe him if he tried to tell me they were fake. These aren't fake... are they? "
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"You almost had him," Ike Green murmured to himself. "I should have given that train hopping trash my old why all you have here are a couple of fake diamonds, son, routine." Ike, the owner of Universal Pawn gazed out the front window. "Maybe he'll be back. Sure hope he didn't steal them from anybody local though."Comment
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"Halfway down the next block," Zeke continued, "Old Trevor . . . uh, Caitlyn, stopped in his I mean her tracks! Because, Evvie, right up ahead, standing smack in front of the Silverado Savings and Loan, was -- OUCH!" Zeke's hand flew to his face.
"Oops, sorry!" Evvie said. She waited, orange juice and pulp dripping down her arm, as Zeke dabbed his left eye with a handkerchief.
"As I said," he continued. "Right up ahead, right there in front of the bank, crying her poor eyes out, was --"
"Graaaamps," Evvie said slowly, "how many people can have the same birthday?"Comment
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"Your grandmother has had the very same 49th birthday now for... well, maybe I'd best not disclose that, Evvie," Zeke said, one eye still winking from the sting of the juice.
"That's not what I meant," replied Evvie. "Anyway, who was crying in front of the bank?"Comment
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