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2.13swhen I was confronted by A gang of toughs...
4.15sacting on behalf of one Bart Simpson... or so they said.
2.04sWe really think there's promise in the boy.
2.94s- Get out!
- Okay, okay. You don't have to yell.
3.24sTo get my mind off that ugly confrontation, I went home...
2.69sand began bundling my old newspapers.
2.94sBut Suddenly the pile fell. I was trapped.
2.34sLet this be a lesson to recycle frequently.
3.59sFor the next week, I stayed alive by eating my mother's preserves ...
3.62sand maintained my sanity by dribbling a nearby basketball with my one free hand.
2.74sI made a game of it-- seeing how many times...
3.1sI could bounce the ball, then breaking that record.
2.73sOccasionally the police arrived to search my home.