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The Newspaper Delivery Boy in Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories
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The Newspaper Delivery Boy
New on the job, this twelve-year-old chap in "A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud" is happy to fasten up his hat's ear-flap in case someone want to make some conversation. Even still, he's not entirely sold on the old man's tales of learning to love inanimate objects, asking Leo "Was he crazy? Do you think he was a lunatic?" (Tree.95)
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- Introduction
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Summary
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Present Day
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 1
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 2
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 3
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 4
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Part 5
- The Ballad of the Sad Café, Coda
- Wunderkind
- The Jockey
- Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland
- The Sojourner
- A Domestic Dilemma
- A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud
- Themes
- Characters
- Analysis
- Quotes
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