You only make the mouth when it’s all dry. Got it, dummy?” “Yep.”
We sat there on the back doorstep staring at the colourful balloon, which was taking a long time to dry.
Totoca, as self-appointed expert, went on explaining,
You should only try to make a balloon with lots of sections when you’ve really got the hang of it.
In the beginning you should just make them with two, ’cause it’s easier.” “Totoca, if I make a balloon on my own, will you make the mouth for me?
That depends.This was him trying to cut a deal, to take a crack at my marble or trading card collections,
which were growing faster than anyone could understand.Gee, Totoca, I fight for you when you ask me to.
OK. I’ll do the first one for free, but if you don’t learn, the others’ll only be in exchange for something.
Fine.I swore to myself that I was going to learn so well that he’d never touch my balloons again.
After that I couldn’t get the balloon out of my head. It had to be ‘my’ balloon.
Imagine how proud Portuga would be when he heard of my prowess. Pinkie’s admiration when he saw the thing swinging from my hand...
The idea had taken hold of me, so I filled my pockets with marbles and a few trading cards that I had repeats of and headed out.
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