The Carosuel

I got to the station and decided to sleep on the chairs - but I only slept till around 9 o'clock because a million people started coming through the station. I didn't know what to do but I started to get a headache. It was Monday and pretty near Christmas so I decided to walk down Fifth Avenue. Every time I got too a crossing I thought I'd fall forever and never land.. So I started praying to Allie to make sure I crossed OK. I decided to write Phoebe a note and told her to meet me outside the museum, I gave it to the secretary to give to her. Eventually she showed up but she had all her bags and said she didn't want to go home she wanted to come with me. We had an argument but I decided to go to the Zoo, I knew
she'd follow me. She did but on the other side of the road. Whenever I couldn't see her it scared me like hell. We eventually got to the Zoo and she went on the Carosuel. I watched her go round twice, I could've sat there forever....

Tired

Mr and Mrs Antolini had a very swank apartment. I would have walked because I didn't want to spend any of the dough, but I came over all dizzy and had to get a cab. I sat down and eventually Mrs Antolini brought us some coffee and me and Mr Antolini chewed the rag and talked about Pencey and stuff. He reminded me of D.B. He really did. I went to bed and went straight to sleep, but then all of a sudden I woke up and felt someone stroking my head - It was Mr Antolini sitting there in the dark stroking my head.. I had to get out as soon as possible so I got dressed and went to get my bags from the station.

Mr Antolini

I was quick on the phone because I didn't want my parents to barge in or anything. Mr antonlini was the best teacher I ever had He reminded me of D.B. Mum and Dad got home pretty soon after and I had to jump into the closet. Mum started asking old Phoebe questions about weather she'd been smoking - because the room was all smoky. Then she left. I got out as soon as I could but I asked phoebe for some dough first - she gave me all her Christmas dough. That really made me cry, It really did.

The Catcher In The Rye

I kept talking too her about how phoney Pencey was. All the people there were phonies. All she said was that I didn't like anything - Ever. She asked me to name one thing that I did like but I wasn't in the mood. I said I like Allie, but she said I cant have that because he's dead. I told her I wanted to be a catcher in the rye. Thats what I really wanted to be. To catch kids and stop them falling off a cliff or something. I decided to phone Mr Antolinni. My old English teacher at Whooton.

Old Phoebe

I got home and went up to my apartment in the lift. I went in the house quiet as hell and tried to find old Phoebe, It took me about an hour to get to her room because I was being so goddamn quiet. Then I realized she sleeps in D.B.'s room so I went in there. She was sleeping sound as hell and I saw her notebooks on the desk. So what I did was. I read them. I read the whole goddamn thing. I woke her up and she figured about me getting kicked out of pencey so she didn't want to speak to me. All she was saying was 'Daddy's gonna kill you' and she put her head under the pillow. You cant reason with her sometimes.

Broken Record

I sat there for close to one o'clock or so getting drunk as a bastard. The piano was right next too the bar so the music was pretty loud too. After I went outside I gave sally a buzz, She told me to ring to tomorrow. I said I'd do her goddamn tree for her. Then I went and sat in the toilet. And I started to cry. I wasn't upset or anything. I just wanted to cry. Then I went into the park and most terrible thing happened - I dropped phoebe's Record and it smashed into a million pieces. I figured I best get home to see her - I walked to whole goddamn way.

The Wicker Bar

I ordered a scotch when I got there and waited for Carl Luce to arrive. Old Luce, What a guy. I told him I'd seen a flit at the end of the bar, he said I hadn't changed and I needed to grow up. We talked for a while then he had to go. Old Luce was strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly had a good vocabulary. He had the largest vocabulary of any boy at Whooton when I was there - They gave us a test.