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Aggravation of Elmer, by Robert Andrew Arthur
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Title: The Aggravation of Elmer
Author: Robert Andrew Arthur
Illustrator: Cavat
Release Date: August 5, 2009 [EBook #29618]
Language: English
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The Aggravation of Elmer
By ROBERT ARTHUR
The world would beat a path to Elmer's door--but he had to go carry the door along with him!
It was the darnedest traffic jam I'd ever seen in White Plains. For two blocks ahead of me, Main Street was gutter to gutter with stalled cars, trucks and buses.
If I hadn't been in such a hurry to get back to the shop, I might have paid more attention. I might have noticed nobody was leaning on his horn. Or that at least a quarter of the drivers were out peering under their hoods.
But at the time it didn't register. I gave the tie-up a passing glance and was turning up the side street toward Biltom Electronics--Bill-Tom, get it?--when I saw Marge threading her way to the curb. She was leading a small blonde girl of about eight, who clutched a child-size hatbox in her hand. Marge was hot and exasperated, but small fry was as cool and composed as a v