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over windows; weeds sticking out all over the place;
and a barnyard's worth of animals running wild。 I'm talking dogs; cats; chickens; even snakes。
I swear to God; her brothers have a boa constrictor in
their room。 They dragged me in there when I was about ten and made me watch it eat a rat。
A live; beady…eyed rat。 They held that rodent up by its
tail and gulp; the boa swallowed it whole。 That snake gave me nightmares for a month。
Anyway; normally I wouldn't care about someone's yard; but the Bakers' mess bugged my
dad big…time; and he channeled his frustration into our
yard。 He said it was our neighborly duty to show them what a yard's supposed to look like。
So while Mike and Matt are busy plumping up their boa;
I'm having to mow and edge our yard; then sweep the walkways and gutter; which is going a
little overboard; if you ask me。
And you'd think Juli's dad—who's a big; strong; bricklaying dude — would fix the place up;
but no。 According to my mom; he spends all his free
time painting。 His landscapes don't seem like anything special to me; but judging by his price
tags; he thinks quite a lot of them。 We see them every
year at the Mayfield County Fair; and my parents always say the same thing: “The world
would have more beauty in it if he'd fix up the yard instead。”
Mom and Juli's mom do talk some。 I think my mom feels sorry for Mrs。 Baker — she