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' By the time Homer was twelve, he had the run of the place. Cloud's, he got Nurse Caroline; in their shock, in their grief, in their mourning for Dr. You mowed the rows between the trees twice a summer; then you raked and hayed the rows; then you baled the hay and sold it to the dairy farm in Kenneth Corners. But he would not name anyone Pip, and he didn't care for the character of Pip as much as he cared for little David.

'Almost sure,' the boy said. 'How come Wally and Candy do it, and we don't?' Homer asked her. Contrary to Melony's belief, no records were kept of the orphans' actual mothers and fathers. 'Isn't that what I said?' he asked, smiling.