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Winter was quiet. The wind and cold kept people bundled up in thick overcoats and woolen scarves, hurrying from one warm stove to the next. At school there were lessons and reading and tests, and Tom and the others were too busy to tease and bully. But spring brought green leaves, fishing, and fresh taunts.
"I thought Tom was finished griping at you," Terry said as the three friends sat on the bank of the stream, fishing. "But I guess not. " The stream chuckled along, untouched by any such unpleasantness.