Jill

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I had known our neighbor for a long time. I guess since I was about six years old. My Dad didn't like him because he said he was lazy. I think Dad was jealous because both he and Mom had to work and our neighbor Tom just swam in his pool or tended his property. He had a small train in his garden and spent a lot of time building little buildings and stuff to go with it. I was fascinated and spent so much time over there my folks came over to talk to him. Mom apologized to him for my bothering him but he said I was more than welcome and that he liked to have me help him enjoy his hobby.

Mom was happy I had somewhere to go for the time between my getting home from school and their getting home from work but Dad did not like the idea. He said Tom was just a lazy slob who was content to live on the trust fund his folks had left him and his sloth may rub off on me. He said if Tom was worth a shit he would get a job and raise a family.

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