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38 When we finally got into the building it was worth the wait. The first
thing you noticed when you got inside was how big the place was, and
how many people were in it and how quiet it was. The only sound you
could hear was when someone scraped a spoon across the bottom of
their bowl or pulled a chair in or put one back or when the people in
front of you dragged their feet on the floor moving up to where they
were spooning out the food.
39 After we’d picked up our spoons and bowls a lady dug a big mess of
oatmeal out of a giant pot and swopped it down into our bowls. She
smiled and said, “I hope you enjoy.”
40 Me and my pretend family all said, “Thank you, ma’am.” Then a man
put two pieces of bread and a apple and a big glass of milk on your tray
and said, “Please read the signs to your children. Thank you.”
41 We all said, “Thank you, sir.” Then we walked past some signs
someone’d stuck up on the wall.
42 One said, please do not smoke, another said, please eat as
quickly and quietly as possible, another one said, please be
considerate and patient—clean up after yourself—your
neighbors will be eating after you, and the last one said, we are
terribly sorry but we have no work available.
43 My pretend daddy read the signs to my pretend brother and sister
and we all sat at a long table with strangers on both sides of us.
44 The oatmeal was delicious! I poured some of my milk into it so it
wouldn’t be so lumpy and mixed it all together.
45 My pretend mother opened her pocketbook and took out a little
brown envelope. She reached inside of it and sprinkled something on
my pretend brother’s and sister’s oatmeal, then said to them, “I know
that’s not as much as you normally get, but I wanted to ask you if you
minded sharing some with Clarence.”
46 They pouted and gave me a couple of dirty looks. My pretend
mother said, “Good,” and emptied the rest of the envelope over my
oatmeal. Brown sugar!
considerate To be considerate is to think of the feelings and needs of others.
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