| "TOM!"
No answer.
"TOM!"
No answer.
"What's gone {with
that boy},
[Adverb to "gone"] I wonder?
You TOM!"
No answer.
The old lady pulled her spectacles
down and looked
{over them} [Adverb to "looked"Note
#1] {about the room};
[Adverb to "looked"] then
she put them up and looked out
{under them}.
[Adverb to "looked"]
She seldom or never looked
{THROUGH them} [Adverb to
"looked"] {for so small a thing}
[Adverb to "looked"] {as a boy};
[Adverb to "so" in preceding phrase]
they were her state pair, the pride {of
her heart}, [Adjective
to
"pride"] and were built {for
"style," not service}
[Adverb to
"were built"Note #2]
-- she could have seen {through
a pair}
[Adverb to "could have seen"] {of
stove-lids} [Adjective to "pair"]
just as[Note #3]
well. She looked perplexed {for a moment},
[Adverb to "looked perplexed"] and
then said, not fiercely, but still
loud enough {for the furniture}
[Adjective to "enough"]
to hear:
"Well, I lay if I get hold {of
you} [Adverb to "get hold"]
I'll--"
She did not finish, for
{by this time} [Adverb
to "was bending"
and "punching"] she was bending
down and punching {under the
bed [Adverb to "punching"]
{with the broom}, [Adverb
to "punching"]
and so she needed breath to
punctuate the punches with.
[Note #4]
She resurrected nothing {but
the cat}. [Adjective
to "nothing"]
"I never did see the beat {of
that boy}!" [Adjective
to "beat"]
She went {to
the open door} [Adverb to "went"]
and stood
{in it} [Adverb to "stood"]
and looked out {among
the tomato
vines and
"jimpson" weeds} [Adverb to "looked
out"] that
constituted the garden. No Tom. So she lifted up
her voice
{at an angle} [Adverb to
"lifted up"] calculated
{for
distance}
[Adverb to "calculated"] and
shouted:
"Y-o-u-u TOM!"
There was a slight noise {behind
her} [Adverb to "was"]
and
she turned just {in time} [Adverb
to "turned"] to seize
a small
boy {by the slack} [Adverb
to "to seize"] {of his roundabout}
[Adjective to "slack"] and
arrest his flight.
"There! I might 'a' thought {of
that closet}. [Adverb
to
"have thought"Note #5]
What
you been doing {in there}?"
[Adverb
to "been doing"]
"Nothing."
"Nothing! Look {at
your hands}. [Adverb
to "look"Note #5]
And look {at your mouth}.
[Adverb to "look"Note
#5] What IS
that truck?"
"I don't know, aunt."
"Well, I know. It's jam -- that's
what it is. Forty times
I've said if you didn't let that jam alone I'd skin you.
Hand
me that switch."
The switch hovered {in
the air} [Adverb to "hovered"]
--
the peril was desperate --
"My! Look {behind
you}, [Adverb
to "Look"] aunt!"
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