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I stopped to look through the bank windows.
There were bars on the windows, and the tellers stood
behind a big counter. I thought it looked like a prison.

I went a bit further and peered in the window of
the five-and-dime store. There was a double-barreled
squirt gun there that I wanted. I didn’t know if it could
hold more water or shoot any farther than any other
squirt gun, but it definitely looked better. I looked at
the money in my hand. How I would have loved to buy
the squirt gun, but I knew that if I didn’t come back
with the cord and the leftover change, I might as well
head for Mexico. But I’m sure Grandma would track
me down anyway.

I went into the five-and-dime store, whose official
name was the Five & Dime Country Store. The store
had a little bit of
everything. It was a
craft store, a drug
store, a hardware

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