counted to ten He must be the world’s smartest horse You’re not getting a horse Dylan’s mother hollered from inside the house I know he called back I never said I wanted a horse Dylan said to me but I guess I’ve been talking a lot about Einstein II
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You still have three rabbits I reminded him Rabbits don’t do tricks At least mine don’t Dylan shrugged Oh well See you at work I walked Penny home through the park She loves the park because there’s so much to sniff and bark at I ran into two friends from school Oscar and Ivan How many times did you go on the Whipper Whirl Oscar asked Ivan Ten times Ivan answered Well I went on it eleven times said Oscar I meant twelve times said Ivan Hey Chad How many times did you go on the Whipper Whirl None I haven’t been to the fair this year Wow said Oscar You really need to go and ride the Whipper Whirl Oh oh oh And you have to try the strawberry-rhubarb French toast sundae said Ivan With marshmallows and chocolate chips added Oscar And whipped cream said Ivan And real maple syrup they shouted together
It’s the most amazing thing in the history of food said Ivan I ate two of them I had three said Oscar That sounds really good I told them but there are Porcupine games every day until the fair is over I have to work The fair was in a town that was ninety minutes away by car so there wouldn’t be time to get there and back before Friday’s night game Besides I’d be way too tired to work Too bad said Oscar I’m going back on Saturday I’m going to ride on the Whipper Whirl fifteen times and eat four strawberry-rhubarb French toast sundaes
