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Chapter 5 – Twenty In 1880, Benjamin Button turned twenty years old, and he started working for his father at Roger Button & Co., Wholesale Hardware. That same year, he began going out socially – that is, his father insisted on taking him to several fashionable dances. Roger Button was now fifty, so he andContinue reading “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 5 – Twenty”

Chapter 6 – The Engagement Six months later, everyone heard the rumors of Miss Hildegarde Moncrief’s and Mr. Benjamin Button’s engagement. (I say “rumors” because Hildegarde’s father refused to announce it publicly. He said he would rather fall on a sword than announce it.) There was a feverish excitement in Baltimore, and everyone was talkingContinue reading “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 6 – The Engagement”

Chapter 3 – Childhood Mr. and Mrs. Button did everything they could. They cut the newborn’s hair short. They dyed it black. They shaved his face until it shined. And they bought boy’s clothes (the tailor-who had to adjust the clothes to fit a grown man-was beyond surprised!). Even so, it was impossible for theContinue reading “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 3 – Childhood”