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no panc~kes

00 the late··night
servi-.'ce
,, . menu

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",kat~maJoney. \

She likes things in odd >:i'
numbers-my aunt-and
things ~hat aren't quite

symmetrical. 'With her,~I wear
pajamas ·all ~ay, order ice
cream for' dinner. -Midnigh't

is Aunt Nan's perfect time
for pancakes but not
everyone agrees.

When there are no pan~akes
on ·the late-night room service
menu and IHOP can't be bribed

·to deliver for any promised
tip; pancakes happen to be'
the only food her sick

son can stomach. We whine
to'the harried receptionist,'
he's been t.hrowi.nq up all day,

choking back giggles. Plea'se
ask the chef'if he could whip up
some pancakes.

,l-

'We litter' the'room with boyhood
-and when the doorbell

ring~, my aun~-darts

into the bathroom to ,soothe
her son, tells me to sign for the bill.
A tray full. of pancakes,

crackers,' and ginger aLe .

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