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Touch was important. the evening of the third of july we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. there was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had.
-Paul Engle
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Touch Was Important. The Evening Of The

Paul Engle
Touch was important. the evening of the third of july we would go around the neighborhood and look at the fireworks others had bought, taking them out of the brown paper sack and handling them cautiously as if they were precious stones. there was envy when we saw sacks with more in them than we had.
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