State Fair Page #3

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- I don't know who you are...

- I'll tell you who I am.

My father's the chief

of police here.

- Your father is...

- The chief of police.

I was standing here

and saw the whole thing.

Say, how did you

get so good at this?

It's kind of a silly thing to be good at,

isn't it? But he made me sore last year.

I was trying for one of those

pearl-handled revolvers.

It cost me about $8.00. When I finally

did win it, it wasn't a revolver at all.

- It wouldn't even shoot. It was just a toy.

- Oh, ho!

- Defrauding the public, huh?

- Now, look, wait a minute.

I wouldn't have minded that so much,

but he kidded me in front of the crowd.

- So I...

- You practiced all year just to get even?

That's right. I figured I'd come back

and make as big a fool out of him

- as he made out of me.

- Oh, no, you don't.

Will you give him $8.00 back

if he promises to lay off?

- Look, you, I don't care who your father is.

- Okay.

Here. Here, here.

Here's your eight bucks,

and you don't come back, see?

- Is it a deal?

- Think it's all right to take it?

Well, sure, it's all right.

Here you are. Good-bye.

Good-bye!

Oh, don't leave, folks.

Prizes up to $20.

- Ah!

- Step right up, ladies and gentlemen!

We're having fun here!

Gee, it was swell of you to stand

up for me like that. Thanks.

Well, that's all right.

He had it coming to him.

Well, uh, now that you helped

me get my money back,

how about helping me spend it?

- No, that won't be necessary.

- What about a frozen custard?

- No, thank you. I believe not.

- Hot dog?

No. Really, I have an appointment.

I'm late already.

Won't I see you again? How about tonight?

Will you be on the midway?

Tonight? Yes, I think so.

I hope so.

I'll sure be looking for you.

- Do that. Good-bye.

- Good-bye.

You sure you won't change your mind?

How about some popcorn?

Get tickets now if

you care to ride.

Train's now ready to leave.

Get your tickets for this ride.

All aboard if you care to ride.

- The train is now...

- One, please.

Please get tickets for this ride.

It's the longest,

the highest, the fastest,

the safest ride at the fairground.

Get tickets now if

you care to ride.

Hey, Pappy, there aren't

any seats together.

Oh. Say, mister, do you mind

sitting in the seat behind?

Thanks a lot.

Thanks.

- All aboard!

- Okay. There they go! Hold your seats.

They're off on a race through

the clouds. A thrill a minute!

Sit down!

What are you trying to do,

get yourself killed?

I'm sorry.

Haven't you ever been on one

of these things before?

Not since I was a little girl.

- I used to be afraid of them.

- But you're not now.

That's what I wanted to find out.

Here comes another dip.

It's nearly over now.

Here's the tunnel.

Johnny, stop that!

Everybody out, folks.

Everybody out.

- I'm going around again.

- You gotta have a ticket.

- Press pass.

- Oh.

- Is the lady going around again too?

- No, thanks. I've had enough.

The safest ride at the fair.

Get tickets now for this ride.

Go and get tickets for this ride.

It is the longest,

fastest thrill ride

at the fairgrounds.

Get tickets now

if you care to ride.

Three rings for a dime. Hurry.

- You feel safer down here?

- Oh!

- I thought you were...

- I changed my mind.

I was standing there

watching you walk away.

Every step you took, your hair bounced

up and down on the back of your neck.

It was really nice. I don't know if

that's what got me, but here I am.

Now it's your turn

to say something.

What can I say? I don't know you.

- I can arrange that.

- And all you know about me

is that my hair bounces

up and down when I walk.

- Everybody's hair bounces up and down.

- Mine doesn't.

I mean, girls.

Well, look over there.

Well, maybe it wasn't your hair. Maybe

it was the way you held your shoulders.

- Walk away again. Let me see.

- All right.

Hey! Hey, wait a minute!

- Where are you going?

- You told me to walk away.

- Yeah, but I...

- Really, I have to go anyway.

- Why?

- Well, I...

Well, what? What are you afraid of?

- I'm not afraid of anything.

- Good.

Then what would be wrong with you

and me sitting down over there

and exchanging our ideas

of life over a Coke?

Nothing wrong. It's just that...

I'm not saying it's a great idea.

I'm just asking what's bad about it.

What could we lose? Let's give it

five minutes. What do you say?

Here we are, two people who

know nothing about each other.

Maybe we should. Maybe it would be

fun to find out what we're like.

- Maybe it'll be dull.

- What do we do if it's dull?

- We break it up.

- How do we do that?

One of us just says, "Let's

break it up." That's the end.

You go east, I go west. No hard

feelings. No questions asked.

- Ag reed?

- Ag reed.

Okay. Here we go.

Hold on! Here we go!

Hearing words

that I have never heard

From a man I've yet to meet

Now, with rolly coasters,

that's different. They're fun.

You oughta see the one in New York.

There's one in Chicago

that's pretty good.

There's one out at

the beach in Los Angeles.

It's not bad, but the one in New York,

the one across the river, that's the one.

- It's got a dip of 200 feet.

- You've been everywhere, haven't you?

Not yet. When I first

started out in this game,

I worked around

on different papers.

But now, I'm afraid the great Des

Moines Register's got me hog-tied.

Someday, I'll work on

a bigger paper though.

I'm sure you will.

Well, I think I'd better go

the rest of the way alone.

I'd have a pretty hard time

explaining you to my folks.

Yeah, I guess you would. Everybody

has a hard time explaining me.

- See you again?

- Well, I...

Or would you like to say,

"Let's break it up"?

Oh, no! Well, I mean, do you?

Look, bobbylocks,

don't worry about me.

Anytime I wanna throw in the

sponge, you'll know it.

I just won't be around.

Well, I don't know what the

family's plans are for tonight.

- I don't know where I'll be.

- I'll find you.

- How?

- I'm a newspaperman.

It's my job to find the right

people at the right time.

You'll be seeing me. So long.

So long.

What's the matter with you?

What's the trouble, Blue Boy?

Ain't you feelin' good?

This ain't like you, son.

- Ain't sick, is he?

- Huh?

Sick? Oh, no, no.

He's in fine shape.

Just had a long trip. Kind of

resting up a bit, that's all.

Oh. I thought he was sick.

Oh, no. He's never

felt better in his life.

You see what a spectacle

you made of yourself?

What are people

gonna say about you?

- Hello, Hank.

- Hello, there.

- What you got this year?

- Never you mind.

She'll put anything you've got

in the shade. You wait and see.

- Come on. Get along, there. Get along.

- Hello, Hank.

Hello, there, Frake. How are ya?

Ah. You got a duroc this time, huh?

- And a good one too. Get in there.

- She's got nice color.

Well, she oughta have.

Her mother before her

was the most beautiful red

sow in the whole world.

- What's her name?

- Esmeralda.

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