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I didn't make any home run, but I wuz the only feller what had a score of the game; I couldn't see the score, but I had it. Every time I'd go to sot down I knowed jist exactly how the game stood. I DIDN'T MAKE ANY HOME RUN BUT I WAS THE ONLY FELLER WHAT HAD A SCORE OF THE GAME I COULDN'T SEE THE SCORE BUT I HAD IT EVERY TIME I GO TO SOT DOWN I KNOW JUST EXACTLY HOW THE GAME STOOD
 yeer, and the weather wuz purty warm and sunshiny, and the boys sed to me, "Uncle, we'd like to have you help us play a game of base ball." I sed, "Boys, I'm gittin' a little too old fer those kinds of passtimes, but I'll help you play one game, I'll be durned if I don't." Wall, we got out in the paster and wuz gittin' ready to play; we got the bases and bats put around in thar places, and a buckit of drinkin' water up in the fence corner, whar we could get a drink when we wanted it. We didn't have any bleachers, but we had thirty or forty hogs, and they wuz the best rooters you ever seen; jist then I happened to look around and thar wuz the biggest billy goat I ever saw in all my life. You ought to seen the boys a-gittin' out of the paster; I would hav got out too, but I got stuck in the fence. Wall, you ought to hav seen that billy goat a-gittin' me through the fence. He didn't git me all the way through, cos I wuz half way through when he got thar; but he got the last half through. S ALONG IN THE SPRING TIME OF THE YEAR AND THE WEATHER WAS PRETTY WARM AND SUNSHINY AND THE BOYS SAID TO ME UNCLE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU HELP US PLAY A GAME A BASEBALL I SAID BOYS I'M GETTIN A LITTLE TOO OLD FOR THOSE KIND OF PASTIMES BUT I'LL HELP YOU PLAY ONE GAME I'LL BE DURNED IF I DON'T WELL WE GOT OUT IN THE PASTURE AND WAS GETTIN READY TO PLAY WE GOT THE VASES AND BATS PUT AROUND IN THEIR PLACES IN A BUCKET OF DRINKIN WATER UP IN THE FENCE CORNER WHERE WE COULD GET A DRINK WHEN WE WANTED IT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BLEACHERS BUT WE HAD THIRTY OR FORTY HOGS AND THEY WAS THE BEST ROOTERS YOU EVER SEEN JEST THEN I HAPPENED TO LOOK AROUND AND THERE WAS THE BIGGEST BILLY GOAT I EVER SAW IN MY LIFE YOU OUGHT TO SEEN THE BOYS A GETTING OUT OF THE PASTURE I WOULD A GOT OUT TOO BUT I GOT STUCK IN THE FENCE WELL YOU OUGHT TO HAVE SEEN THAT BILLY GO TO GETTIN ME THROUGH THE FENCE HE DIDN'T GETTEN ME ALL THE WAY THROUGH CAUSE I WAS HALF WAY THROUGH WHEN HE GOT THAR BUT HE GOT THE LAST HALF THROUGH
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