CHAPTER ELEVEN
HENRY MEETS THE
LONESOME LADY
OF THE SALTY TEARS
“Gee,” said Henry. “What an exciting place, the outside
world is! I never saw anything like that! I wonder what a
$10,000 reward is. I must remember to ask Poppa
Pickle when I get back.”
Henry looked around at the park, which looked
dark green at night, and felt very much at home. “If only
they had a place to take a salty shower and freshen up!”
he thought.
Just then a pretty young lady with long hair came
up and sat on the bench next to him. She opened up her
purse and took out a letter and started to read it in the
dark.
Soon she began to sob. Henry looked up and felt
sorry for her. Then she began to cry very hard, so that
her salty tears flowed down her cheeks and fell on
Henry. Henry felt very much refreshed.
“
Well
!” said Henry. “How
nice
People can be!”
“It’s very nice of you to give me a salty shower,” he said
to the pretty young lady, but you look so sad! Is
something wrong?”
The pretty lady stopped crying and looked around.
HENRY
THE
PICKLE
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