The Smaller Set

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The loverly wife Helen, aka the Hell Cat, noticed that I was getting a little restless wid de upcoming holiday and all da grillin dat had ta be done, so she said why don't you stop worrying about it and go and do sumthin useful fer somebody. The Fourth of July was coming up, and so I went down ta da West Side Country Day school ta volunteer ta help da liddle brats, no I mean cooking da brats on da grill you know, da knockwursts. The nursery school teacher, Helen Pikonis, took da opportunity to tell da class about patriotism. "We live in a great country," she said. "One of the things we should be happy is that, in this country, we are all free." One little boy came walking up to her from the back of the room. He stood with his hands on his hips and said. . . .
"I'm not free. I'm four."