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should have been more sensitive to his times of danger. He stood
there and read the poster twice
through carefully. To his mind, an opportunity to insult a successful
ape came from the hand of
Providence.
He turned around and asked the nearest child what time it was. The
child said it was twelve-ten and that
Gonga was already ten minutes late. Another child said that maybe
the rain had delayed him. Another
said, no not the rain, his director was taking a plane from Hollywood.
Enoch gritted his teeth. The first
child said that if he wanted to shake the star’s hand, he would have to
get in line like the rest of them
and wait his turn. Enoch got in line. A child asked him how old he
was. Another observed that he had
funny-looking teeth. He ignored all this as best he could and began to
straighten out the umbrella.
In a few minutes a black truck turned around the corner and came
slowly up the street in the heavy rain.
Enoch pushed the umbrella under his arm and began to squint through
his dark glasses. As the truck approached, a phonograph inside it
began to play “Tarara Boom Di Aye,” but the music was almost
drowned out by the rain. There was a large illustration of a blonde on
the outside of the truck,
advertising some picture other than the gorilla’s.
The children held their line carefully as the truck stopped in front of
the movie house. The back door of it