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21
“We’d meet up with Gary Miller and Dennis Gargano and Matt Walker and John Ballerini and David Clingerman and Jonathan Powell and a dozen other neighborhood kids and run. And bike. And tackle. There were games of kill the carrier and tag and H-O-R-S-E and kick the can; gleeful mile-long walks into town for bubble gum and soda. Inevitably, as darkness fell, Matt’s dad, Bob Walker, would let loose a two-fingered whistle that shot up Emerald Lane’s steep hill like a flamethrower. “Time to go in,” Matt would say, and we’d all leave for dinner.”
Parents, why are you pushing your kids? - CNN.com
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