It's the rainy month of November and Holling's life has not changed too much. He still sounds his Wednesdays with Mrs. Baker, but he has really gotten hooked on Shakespeare. He memorizes the curses from the Tempest and starts to relate the events in his life to the writing. He is also still dealing with finding a way to get over twenty cream puffs in the next few days without an advance in his allowance. Mrs. Baker is really testing him lately, but luckily for Holling his father landed the deal with Baker Sports emporium. Sadly, he still will not budge about the allowance. So, Holling heads over to Goldman Bakery in hopes that his insufficient amount of money will be enough. It is not, but to his surprise Mr. Goldman was looking for a young boy who knew Shakespeare. Holling is perfect for that and lands the role along with the amount of cream puffs he needs to meet the needs of the whole class and even two extras. His spirits are the next day, but quickly fall after his hard work payed for in cream puffs had been devoured by the notorious rats. In the end of the chapter Mrs. Baker spares Holling one more day before he is potentially killed by his classmates, by replacing the cream puffs with new ones. All seems better for Holling but wonders if there will always be someone who makes everything fine in the end. He starts to wonder if the writing of Shakespeare is exactly like reality, or if sometimes the quality of mercy is strained.
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