Outside once again, and hoping to avoid returning home until his father has gone to bed, David meets up with a group of boys who are still discussing their earlier experience of that day. A woman in one of the flats had inadvertently allowed her canary to fly out of the window. The boys, hoping for a reward for retrieving the bird, and desirous of the adventure it promised, began to chase the bird as it landed on various buildings on the street. Finally, they climb up to a roof and, although the canary is not to be found, they discover another reward. Across the way, from the roof, they are able to see into another flat, and a woman is taking a bath in a tub. They continue.....
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