"Foomy," she said, with a hint of despair, "is the youngest of forty seven children. He's grandchild number two hundred seventy eight. He has one hundred thirty-four and a half nieces and nephews."
A beat.
"One of his sisters is pregnant," she said, to explain that 'half'. "And that's not counting all of the cousins and second cousins and friends....................."
There were going to be a lot of jelly demons was what she was saying.
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"Foomy," she said, with a hint of despair, "is the youngest of forty seven children. He's grandchild number two hundred seventy eight. He has one hundred thirty-four and a half nieces and nephews."
A beat.
"One of his sisters is pregnant," she said, to explain that 'half'. "And that's not counting all of the cousins and second cousins and friends....................."
There were going to be a lot of jelly demons was what she was saying.