Running Out of Time (1995)
“And wait—farther on, a little lower, part of the floor was solid black, and kind of tarry. Jessie had never seen anything like it. Who put floors outdoors?
Jessie was so busy looking at the ground that it took her a minute to notice the rows and rows of carriages—at least, they looked kind of like carriages—parked on some of the black floor. There must have been hundreds of them, some shiny red, some blue, others green or white. They gleamed in the sunshine. Jessie went closer to look at one. S...he heard a woman coaxing a little boy.
“Come on, Jason. Get out of the car,” the woman said.
“Car,” Jessie repeated under her breath. The word did sound like “carriage.” So this was what Ma had been talking about when she said Miles Clifton had a limousine, and a limousine was a very big car. Were these limousines or just regular cars?
Whatever they were, Jessie decided they were grand. She watched one turn in to the driveway near her. It didn’t have horses! How did it move?
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Jessie was so busy looking at the ground that it took her a minute to notice the rows and rows of carriages—at least, they looked kind of like carriages—parked on some of the black floor. There must have been hundreds of them, some shiny red, some blue, others green or white. They gleamed in the sunshine. Jessie went closer to look at one. S...he heard a woman coaxing a little boy.
“Come on, Jason. Get out of the car,” the woman said.
“Car,” Jessie repeated under her breath. The word did sound like “carriage.” So this was what Ma had been talking about when she said Miles Clifton had a limousine, and a limousine was a very big car. Were these limousines or just regular cars?
Whatever they were, Jessie decided they were grand. She watched one turn in to the driveway near her. It didn’t have horses! How did it move?
Hoonk!MoreLess
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