"Robert_McCloskey-Homer_Price" - читать интересную книгу автора (Mccloskey Robert)

"Gosh, that's heavy!" said Homer as they lifted it on.

"Yeah," said Freddy, "but I betcha the Super-Duper could lift it with his little finger."

"Mebby so," said Homer. "Let's stop over at Uncle Ulysses' lunch room and get some doughnuts to eat in the movie."

Freddy and little Louis both thought that was a good idea so they drove old Lucy around to the lunch room to get some doughnuts.

Then Freddy and little Louis and Homer walked across the town square to the movie.

The Super-Duper's super-stream-lined car was standing in front of the theater. It was long and red, with chromium trimmings, and it had the Super-Duper's monogram on the side. After they had admired the car, they bought three tickets and went inside. There in the lobby was the real honest-to-goodness

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Super-Duper. He shook hands with Freddy and Homer and little brother Louis, and he autographed a card for Freddy, too. "Mr. Super-Duper, would you please do a little flying through space for us, or mebbe just bend a few horse shoes?" asked Freddy.

"I'm sorry, boys, but I haven't time to-day," said the SuperDuper with a smile.

So Homer and Freddy and little Louis found three good seats, and ate doughnuts until the picture began.

The picture was called "THE SUPER-DUPER and the ELECTRIC RAY." That was because the villain had a machine that produced an electric ray, and every time he shined it on a skyscraper, or an airplane, the skyscraper or the airplane would explode! He turned the ray on Super-Duper, too, but of course the Super-Duper was so tough that it didn't hurt him.

Little Louis got so excited, though, that he choked on a doughnut and Homer had to take him to the lobby for a drink of water. But finally the Super-Duper broke the villain's headquarters to bits, and lifted the ray-machine (which must have weighed several tons and tossed it over a cliff. Then, he caught the villain and rescued the pretty girl. But at the very end, the villain slipped away again, and then these words appeared on the screen: "NEXT INSTALMENT NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON!"

"Why did the Super-Duper let the villain get away again?" asked little Louis on the way out.

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"I guess that's because he wants to chase him again next Saturday," said Homer.

Outside they admired the Super-Duper's car once more and then started home in the wagon.

It was evening by the time old Lucy, pulling the wagon with Freddy and little Louis and Homer on it, had reached the curve in the road just before you come to Homer's father's filling station.

A car honked from behind and Freddy pulled old Lucy over to the edge of the road. Then, "SWOOOSH!" around from the rear sped a long red car with chromium trimmings.

"Gosh! It's the Super-Duper!" said Freddy.

"Well, he shouldn't drive so fast around this curve," said Homer, sort of doubtful like.

Almost before Homer had finished speaking there was a loud screech of brakes, and then a loud crash!

"Giddup! Lucy," said Freddy, "we better hurry up and see what happened!"

"Gee, there weren't any cars coming the other way," said Homer, "I wonder what happened?"

"Golly," said Freddy in a quavery voice, "do you suppose ... the electric ray? ... Whoow, Lucy, WHOO, LUCY! ... we better park here!"

"Oh, shucks!" said Homer in his bravest voice, "I'm going to see what happened."