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Passage 28 An Invisible Smile Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said, e after you with his ball bullet gun. One Friday, 12-year-old was going to stay all night with her friend Amy. They had to walk by Dawson ’s house on the way to Amy ’s house, but as they got close saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over to the other side of the street. Like most of the children, she was scared of the old man because of the stories she ’d heard about him. Amy said not to worry, Mr. Dawson wouldn ’t hurt anyone. Still, was growing more nervous with each step closer to the old man ’s house. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual frown, but when he saw it was Amy, a broad smile changed his entire face as he said, “ Hello Miss Amy. I see you ’ ve got a little friend with you today. ” Amy smiled back and told him was staying overnight and they were going to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that sounded fun, and offered them each a fresh picked apple off his tree. They gladly accepted. Dawson had the best apples in town. When they got out of earshot of Dawson, asked Amy, “ Everyone says he’s the meanest man in town. e was he so nice to us? ” Amy explained that when she first started walking past his hou