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Marnelle Tokio

2004

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\"Your dad's idea,\" she explained. \"He named you Wade because it literally means 'the advancer.' He figured he'd give you a head start. So if you want to start sitting at the adult table, then start behaving like an adult. Help me with this cooler and don't tease your cousins anymore.\" Wade looked for his dog in case he'd been captured and couldn't escape. It wasn't hard to find the 150-pound Bernese mountain dog. \"Shredder. SHREDDER!\" Wade called, but Shredder had already found the waterhole and lowered his woolly mammoth body till he was lying in a foot of pond scum. One kid was sitting on top of him holding onto his collar and splashing his feet. Another was facing Shredder holding his shirt down so the dog could lick chocolate off it. Traitor, Wade thought. Shredder definitely wouldn't be moving up to the adult table. He'd always liked kids; he just had something personal against paper. \"Hey, big guy luggin' that refrigerator with handles!\" Uncle Angus yelled at Wade. \"Do ya need any help? Of course ya don't! just look at the size of laddie's guns!\" Angus laughed and gripped Wade's biceps as he put the cooler under a table. Wade braced himself for the hug that he knew could squeeze the life out of Loch Nessie. \"When you get bigger legs, I'll buy you a proper kilt. Right now you'd make it look like a tennis skirt. And you'll see no Scots at Wimbledon!\" Angus said as he released him. \"Sure,\" Wade choked.

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