Book1:TeDream-Maker

hehadasoftspotinherheartforDimitriandofteforhimsomeoftheday-olddoughnutswhichwerenormallythrownaway．

    "ThankyouMary.”Justtheherewasanirlbehihetaheywereridingtogether，bothofthemdressedexactlyalikeinshort-sleevedwhiteblousesandfadedbluejs．

    "HiDimitri!"thegirlsaid，"Doyourememberme?"Dimitrilookedatherandsawacuteteenagegirl，whoseemedsomewhatfamiliar，thoughhecouldn’trecallwheretheyhadmetbefore．

    "I’mShei．Wemetinthesewer,remember?"Dimitrisuddenlyrecalledthecrippledyoungprostituteheoheundergroundsewer．"ButI’mnolohatbusinessandI’vequitdrugs．NowI’mwatthesamedoughnutshopasMaryandwe’regoingtoschooltogether.”

    "Howwonderful!"excimedDimitri．"I’msogdforyou!"

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    "We’vejustgottenoffworkandhavetogototheeveningcssestonight．Good-bye!"

    Dimitrilookedatthedepartingformsofthetwogirls，freshandlovelyastwodewyroses,withbrightfuturesaheadofthemareallyhappy．

    "Thesestfewdays，I’vebeendreamingtoomuch,”hemutteredtohimself．"Evenafishthatcrouchestoolongiersoffantasyotwithstandthepressure,soIhadbettereuptothesurfadexperiencemoreofreallife．Lifewithoutdreamsisb，buttoomuchofitwillputmeoutoftouchwithreality．Yesterday,IdreamedofattendingafabulousballwithaicbeautyonmyarmsthatturnedeveryheadandIevendowobilliondolrstocharity!"Heughedinderision．"HeavenknowsIamjustapenniless,homelesspersohought．"IfIweretheKingDimitriofmydreamswithahugefortuneandaharlemofbeautiesallihme，IwouldnothaveasmuchqualmsaboutthedayIbeeblind．Butas,Ihavenothing.”

    ThegesofDimitri’sfacialexpressionwereasmerc