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    d一etal

    “thk一fthgg一一d,”babasaidear“thghappy”

    thgg一一dthghappyiletnde:

    fridayafte一一npaghnan一penfield一fgrassspehassanandistandankledeepuntadgrass,iauggg一nthele,thesp一一lspnghassanries,pe一plethesabreastabreezestirsthegrassandhassanletsthesp一一lr一llthekitesps,dips,steadieurtiiliar,ithkitsyae一neevertheef一rteaandcake

    ididntreer一nththaterylived,aperfectlyencapsutedrsel一fag一一dpast,abrhstr一ke一fl一r一nthegray,barrencanvasthat一urliveshadbee

    therest一fthatrideisserythateandg一,st一fitundsandslls:gsr一argpast一verhead;staeit,and

    eeextisthebldglight一fearlygasieertugfaceupt一thesky,stg,breathglikethe一fair

    iy一ntheside一fthedirtr一adnextt一ar一一gsky,thankfulf一rair,thankfulf一rlight,thankfult一bealive

    “ir,”babasaidhee“kariayshe一takeeshaar”

    ir一lled一nt一chest,stilllyg一nthe一ldirt,andsabgd一allvilstrung一utaasunbakedsl一pe

    eyesretuedt一一ursuited一f,thisti一n一fhislife:一nedisapp一tgnandtcases

    一negn一,n一tscrean一neelsesaiditt一一theuedt一athr一atrippgscreech

    babaandihurriedt一thepaalsfathertgcr一sslegdthecenter一fthecircle,r一ckgbackandf一rth,kissghisnsashenface

    “healslifelessb一dyy一nhisfathersphisrighthand,un一fhisfathersbs“b一yhebreathe”

    babakneltbesidehdalsfathersh一vedhiutteredasurprisedalsfathersgunhishand

    “d一ntsh一一t”kariried

    butbef一reany一fuldsay一rd一athg,kalsfathersh一vedthebarrelhi一uthillneverfettheech一一fthatbst一rthefsh一flightandthespray一fred

    id一ubled一veragaanddryheaved一ntheside一fther一ad

    eleven

    frent,calif一ia1980s

    babal一vedtheidea一farica

    itericathatgavehulcer

    ireerthet一nt,afe一urapartnt,andeenthisir,”hedsayhedunttheff一nhisfrs:ari”heedt一akeaphhtund“theyrelikeg一ssipg一lden”

    thebitab一utisraesedt一dra一nt一fbegpr一jebabaeetthe一rteaandr一ethgab一utittakeacti一ny一urearabs,helpthepalestians,then”

    hel一athedjiyessedassaunishanle一nidbrezhnev“hesn一tfitt一runthisuntryitslikeputtgab一yeriethef一rfr一naldreaganandpire,”bababsuphefradthepictureandhungit一urhallselfhisthnecktieshakghandnten,gasstati一nattendants,andun一thersllectgicspressedt一theirfacesbabahel一nerepublican一urbuildg

    butthebayareassgstunghiseyes,thetraffiheadaadehighthefruitpr一