What contest had curly shepard and Ponyboy both entered at one time?
...my friend writes mad ... she photo-copied it because i was not there and i dont get her writing
The two boys played chicken with a cigarette.
Curly, who was a tough, cool, hard-as-nails Tim in miniature, and I had once played chicken by holding our cigarette ends against each other's fingers. We had stood there, clenching our teeth and grimacing, with sweat pouring down our faces and the smell of burning flesh making us sick, each refusing to holler, until Tim happened to stroll by. When he saw that we were really burning holes in each other he cracked our heads together, swearing to kill us both if we ever pulled a stunt like that again.
The Outsiders
