Really Malcolm asked Oh yes Using a telephoto lens of his own invention he took the most spectacular pictures of Halley’s Comet back in 1910 Malcolm’s dread was suddenly lifted That’s so cool He made a fortune selling copies she said You won’t find much about him online but his autobiography is in the public library And there should be some newspaper articles from back then Thanks so much Malcolm said He grabbed his lunch and took his place in line Cooley Tucker sounded like a real pioneer Malcolm couldn’t wait to see the photos of Halley’s Comet He planned to visit the library right after school
A Famous Pitcher So who’d you get Malcolm asked Dandy as they sat at the lunch table I got a famous baseball player Dandy beamed He dug into the Tuesday Lunch Special chili pie Malcolm was confused Really I thought Mrs Goolsby didn’t want any more research papers about jocks Dandy crunched on the corn chips It’s not a jock It’s a girl baseball player She
was a pitcher She probably pitched for one of those lady leagues a long time ago What Malcolm said Who is it Dandy shifted the bite of chili and chips to the other side of his mouth still munching Her name was Molly Pitcher Dandy Malcolm hated disappointing his friend Molly Pitcher didn’t pitch for a baseball team Oh Did she play softball Dandy shoveled more chili pie into his mouth No Malcolm told him She lived during the Revolutionary War She got the nickname Molly Pitcher because she took a pitcher of water to the fighting soldiers Dandy stopped chewing She didn’t play ball Not professionally Malcolm said
Oh geez Dandy complained She never pitched a no-hitter I doubt it But she was heroic Dandy stirred the bowl of mush in front of him Giving people water doesn’t sound so heroic Every time we eat at the Big Angus Steakhouse the waitress fills my water glass I don’t think she’s going to be getting any medals It’s heroic if the men were thirsty Malcolm assured him Maybe she had a fancy style of serving the water Dandy said perking up Maybe she could do magic tricks with it or something I once saw a magician make water float up above a glass That was really cool Maybe she balanced the pitcher on her head Malcolm added It could be an interesting report
