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Scissors: Book Three of Rope Paper Scissors (Joe Torio Mystery)
Scissors Book Three of Rope Paper Scissors - Joe Torio Mystery Author:Barry B. Longyear WHEN THE KNIGHTS ARE THE DRAGONS, the conclusion to Rope Paper Scissors --There was a black painted stick about half an inch thick, about four feet long, with one end wound with electrical tape and drilled to enable a leather loop from which the instrument was hanging from a hook opposite the cell door windows. --Bolin saw me staring at the sti... more »ck. "We don't use that much. It's only for real hard cases, you know? Sometimes ya just got to. They don't understand nothin' else." --"I see," said I. "Mr. Bolin, I once read a poem in which a very important question was asked." And then I quoted: "When the knights are the dragons, who do we summon when the dragons call?" --He frowned at me, then a big smirk spread across his face. "Dragons ain't real. A dreamer wrote that, Mr. Torio. There ain't no knights. Not no more." --"I am afraid you may be right," I whispered.« less