CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Dedication | [5] |
| First Period | [7] |
| Second Period | [18] |
| Third Period | [31] |
| Fourth Period | [42] |
| Fifth Period | [54] |
| Sixth Period | [68] |
| Seventh Period | [90] |
| Eighth Period | [105] |
| Ninth | [120] |
| Tenth | [132] |
| Eleventh | [143] |
| The Even Dozenth | [155] |
That House I Bought
FIRST PERIOD
Thirty-three years ago I formed a box of blocks into a castle and then kicked it down in disgust because I didn't like the chimney. Mother said I displayed temper.
Birds build nests in tree-tops with horse-hair and straw, and odd bits of stuff; but my wife and I aren't birds. Far from it. And we've been going along for fifteen years without a regular nest. All that time I've been building a house with blocks and kicking it down.