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Shortly after her death, Gram’s belief in Perry’s luck is borne out in spectacular fashion. Most of all, she reminds Perry that for all his disadvantages, he’s a lucky boy-that’s what the L stands for. She teaches him how to get along in the world: always write things down, study the dictionary to learn new words, know whom to trust and who’s trying to take advantage. I read that in Reader’s Digest.” Abandoned by his mother at a young age, Perry lives with his cantankerous but good-hearted Gram, who tells him that there’s nothing wrong with being a little slow. But he knows the truth: “You have to have an IQ number less than 75 to be retarded.
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