Chapter 9

This picture represents the winter carnival hat Finny created.

We find out that Leper has enlisted and everyone is shocked. I have a feeling that Gene beliefs for the war is that it is unreal. Jokes are made about Leper when it is heard that there has been an allied victory people would say such things like, "At it again(118)." This was just people joking that Leper was the cause of the victories. Gene and I were not ones to joke about this in such places like the butt room where it seemed like that was all they did. So we soon stopped going to the butt room all together. I thought it would be fun to create a winter carnival so I assigned everyone a task. Brinker would be the organizer of the transport of equipment from the dormitory to a park on the river as his roommate Brownie Perkins would guard the jugs of hard cider buried underneath the snow. At the carnival there would be a Ski jump, snow statues, prizes, and music provided by Chet Douglas. I had some of the cider and began to dance on top of a table showing off my graceful and wild side. I then saw Gene show off his athleticism to the crowd and I am proud to see that everyone was in awe. Later, Gene receives a letter from Leper that he has escaped, and his safety requires Gene to travel to Leper's Christmas location.