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第4章 被毒杀的狗

When I had done tumbling over Traddles, and had sat upon

wished him well in every relation of life. I am persuaded, not only

When I quit my high-paying job with Standard Oil, my educated dad had a heart-to-heart with me. He was bewildered. He could not understand my decision to resign from a career that offered high pay, great benefits, lots of time off, and opportunity for promotion. When he asked me one evening, "Why did you quit?" I could not explain it to him, as much as I tried. My logic did not fit his logic. The big problem wasthat my logic was my rich dad's logic.

What my aunt saw, or did not see, I defy the science of

while in the very attitude of rising, into a deep and heavy sleep.

with having done him an injury; and I would have made him any

With a whiplike movement, Crabbe pointed his wand at the fifty foot mountain of old furniture, of broken trunks, of old books and robes and unidentifiable junk, and shouted, “Descendo!”

where the Dodger was sitting up, impatiently awaiting his return.

with this uncommon attendance excited him greatly, and he asked