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dress. "I know it, sugar," she said. "But sometimes things are so sad they get to be funny." "You know what else?" I said, still thinking about sad things. 'That girl I told you about, the pinch- faced one? Amanda ? Well, her brother drowned last year. He was only five years old , the same age as Sweetie Pie Thomas."

Gloria stopped smiling. She nodded her head. "I remember hearing about that," she said. "I remember hearing about a little drowned boy." "That's why Amanda is so pinch-faced," I said " She misses her brother ." 134