Pandora's Gun
“In the sandbox when he was eight, Peter built a circular wall around his toy soldiers. He smoothed it with his hands and put grooves in the top so it would look like a castle. When he was done, Dante’s men stormed the structure. “We must take the fort,” said Dante. They stood outside the sandbox and tossed pebbles like mortars: Peter, trying to knock down all of Dante’s men, and Dante trying to breach the wall before his men were down.
The best game they played on the Highline canal, and it las...ted several summers. They’d save their allowance to buy model battleships. Dante’s porch became a makeshift boat yard. The boys would glue for hours, but they modified the ships to hold firecrackers. Dante’s dad kept a shoebox full of Ladyfingers in his closet that he always bought cheaply after the Fourth of July. He never missed the few the boys pilfered.
The point was to put the firecrackers in vulnerable spots in the ship, but not too vulnerable. If the first firecracker destroyed the model, then the fun was over too soon.MoreLess
The best game they played on the Highline canal, and it las...ted several summers. They’d save their allowance to buy model battleships. Dante’s porch became a makeshift boat yard. The boys would glue for hours, but they modified the ships to hold firecrackers. Dante’s dad kept a shoebox full of Ladyfingers in his closet that he always bought cheaply after the Fourth of July. He never missed the few the boys pilfered.
The point was to put the firecrackers in vulnerable spots in the ship, but not too vulnerable. If the first firecracker destroyed the model, then the fun was over too soon.MoreLess
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