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chapter ten

Darry and soda both had to hold their baby brother down and try to keep him as calm as they could while the doctor stitched him up. He only need three stitches, but that was enough. Once the doc was done pony cried on darry's shoulder while soda gently rubbed his back. Soon enough pony was fast asleep.

Dally was still at the house when the boys arrived home. Pony had once again woken up. Darry went to put pony down on the couch but pony wouldn't let go of his big brother. So darry sat on the couch with pony on his lap. Pony began to suck his thumb, something he did whenever he was scared or upset.

Darry called his boss and explained what had happened. His boss told him to take the next day off work. That night pony slept in darry's bed. Darry wanted to keep a close eye on his baby brother, and pony didn't want to leave his side anyway.

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The next morning darry and soda were both up at 7.00am. Ponyboy was still sound asleep. Darry was hoping he'd stay that way for a little while since he didn't sleep well during the night, and new his lttle brother needed to rest. That was all too good to be true, when the front door slammed, causing pony to wake up from his slumber.

"Thanks two-bit and steve" darry said with angry sarcasm. Soda flicked them both over the backs of their heads. "What did we do?" Steve questioned his best friend. "Darry's been up all night tryin to get pony to sleep. And you two had to slam the dam door". "Soda you said a bad word" soda hadn't noticed pony come into the kitchen. "Sorry kiddo" soda apologized to his baby brother.

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Soda and steve had left for work leaving darry and two-bit with ponyboy. Darry could tell it wasn't going to be all fun and games today. With pony's lack of sleep, he new pony was going to be cranky. "Come on kiddo, bath time". Darry said. "NO" the little curtis shouted at his big brother.

"I no your tired pony, but you don'yell at your big brother", darry spoke firmly. He scooped ponyboy up and took him to the bathroom. After the bath darry wanted to put a clean bandage over pony's stitches. Right now he was happy two-bit was there to help hold him down.

Pony was so upset, darry did the one thing he was tryin to avoid. He went to his room and bought out a pacifier. He new pony was gettin too big for. Besides he only used it when pony was hurt or sick and right now pony needed to sleep.

So darry gave pony the pacifier, wich pony shoved in his mouth before darry could change his mind, he put pony's blanky over him and gently soothed him to sleep.

While pony was sleeping, darry got the house work done and even made a start on dinner. Darry had put pony down at around 10.00 am and it was now 12.30 pm. Darry decided it might be time to wake pony from his nap and give him some lunch.