p-p-picking

Updated: May 19, 2025

He had hoped to meet someone who was not so old that they would become suspicious, but old enough that they might give him directions. He waited for the lad to catch up. "Hello," the boy said. "I've been walking behind you most of a mile, but I guess you didn't hear me." "It looks as though you've been p-p-picking raspberries," Hall said. "Yup. My dad owns a patch by the river. Want some?"

R. R. Merliss - The Stutterer