Mama, you should have seen what we saw.
-Daddy, you never saw anything like it. -Stop eating that spun sugar.
-You'll spoil your dinner. -Papa, we saw the Galveston Flood.
Big waves came up and flooded the whole city.
when the water went back, it was muddy and horrible.
-Full of dead bodies. -oh, Tootie.
oh, isn't it breathtaking, John!
l never dreamed anything could be so beautiful.
l liked it better when it was a swamp and there was just the two of us.
Esther! John!
l forgot about it too.
-Hurry up, you two. we're starving. -l'm so sorry. we didn't mean to keep you.
-we're all here. -where is the French restaurant?
-lt's over there. -No, it's across from Machinery Hall.
Now, now, let's not lose our heads! l know exactly where it is.
Just follow me.
-oh, look. The lights! -oh, how beautiful!
There's never been anything like it in the whole world.
we don't have to come here on a train or stay in a hotel.
lt's right in our own hometown.
Grandpa, they'll never tear it down, will they?
well, they'd better not.
l can't believe it.
Right here where we live.
Right here in St. Louis.
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