Sunday, November 27, 2005

The Boy Who Heard Music - Chapter 11 - Thumbnail

"Only One Hymie"

Continuing from the last chapter, our three heroes are putting on their first public performance. Their production is a sort of opera to fulfill Leila's stated desire at the end of Chapter 9 to marry Hymie and Trilby. Rather a cheeky move as this is all done in front of Josh's mom Myrna who doesn't want the marriage to take place and is supposed to be there celebrating her birthday. In any case, after their piece makes the point that, if Hymie and Trilby were to die, they'd reunite in heaven, Gabriel, Josh and Leila succeed in getting a tearful Myrna to agree to the union.

In a side note, we are more strongly introduced to the trio's schoolmate Phil (see Chapter 6) who introduced Gabriel to Uncle Ernie...er, I mean the Sea Scouts and who seems poised to become their lead guitarist and Leila's friend Dotty (also Chapter 6) who may end up being the group's violinist.

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