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A LUCKY STRIKE

TOM AND JUDY... WITH JUDY AFRAID TO LOOK (BUT, FOLLOWING A QUICK, CAREFUL PEEK)... KNOWING IT WAS TRAINING SEASON AND FEARFUL TOM HAD MISINTERPRETED EXACTLY WHAT GAME WAS GOING TO BE PLAYED...

TOM HAVING EARLIER INFORMED JUDY THAT THEIR HALF-SISTER, NAUGHTY BETTY HAD GIFTED HIM WITH A SURPRISE BAT... AND, THAT DURING EARLY SPRING, SHE - ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE CHILDREN - WOULD MEET TOM AND JUDY AT THE CENTER OF BRENDA’S FARM WHERE THEY WOULD ALL PARTICIPATE IN A GAME... USING THE BAT TO STRIKE SOMETHING OR OTHER... (THAT IT WOULD BE A GAME OF “LUCKY STRIKE”)...

AND LITTLE JUDY (BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT TOM)... HAD SMELLED A RAT...