Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 6, 2025
You ain't got no right to scare a orfum boy like that." "We won't let them take you," comforted Celia Jane, suddenly affectionate, and put her arm about Jerry's neck. Darn stepped directly in front of Jerry and stared coolly down at him until Jerry was so uncomfortable that he couldn't raise his eyes from the ground. "You're goin' to the poor farm Wednesday morning," he said calmly, "because Mrs.
He was too excited to pay very close attention to what his mother said, and Danny and Chris seemed to have been struck dumb by this dazzling height of glory that was about to befall "Orfum" Jerry Elbow, who had suddenly been transformed into Gary L. Bowe, son of a clown and of an elephant-lady.
Hardly were the words out of his mouth when Jerry was literally placed by the elephant in the arms of Whiteface. "Who are you?" asked the clown of Jerry, looking long into his eyes. "He's Jerry Elbow," said Danny who, with Chris, had edged in close to the little crowd surrounding the elephant. "He's a orfum and lives with us." "When did his parents die?" "He ain't got no parents," replied Danny.
"You don't know how old you are!" exclaimed the man. "You look much younger than seven or eight." "He's not my brother," Chris explained. "He's a orfum my father found when he was alive. My brother's at home with mother and my sisters. We couldn't wake him up. But Jerry's awful strong." "A orfum, hey? And awful strong?" said the man and seemed to be studying over something in his mind.
"Have you ever seen a circus?" he asked. "No, sir," they both assured him and Chris continued: "Mother did once, just after she was married to father. She wished she could bring us all to the circus but she didn't have money enough." "H'm," said the man. "I used to be a orfum myself and I know how you feel."
Word Of The Day
Others Looking