Down at the Dinghy
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"Down at the Dinghy" is a short story by J. D. Salinger. It is arguably the least dramatic story within Salinger's Glass family saga. It is told in two distinct segments, the first being the discussion of two house servants about a little boy who is trying to run away, and the second being the mother's intervention.
It features the first daughter of the Glass Family, Beatrice "Boo Boo" Glass. The story opens with the two house servants, Mrs. Snell and Sandra, discussing the peculiarities of Boo Boo's young son Lionel. Sandra is also very worried that Lionel is going to tell Boo Boo something that she said. The reader finds Lionel has a penchant for running away. When Boo Boo returns she chats with the servants for a while and then goes down to the pier. She finds Lionel in a dinghy preparing to cast off. Boo Boo pretends to be admiral of the imaginary ship, in order to win Lionel over and discover why he is trying to run away. He resists, even going so far as to throw his uncle...
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