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third-year
anticipated
another
cheerless
yearinthatmosttediousofsubjects.Mr.Fleaglehad
areputation
amongstudents
fordullness
andinability
toinspire.Hewassaidtobeveryformal,rigidand
hopelesslyoutofdate.Tomehelookedtobesixtyor
seventyandexcessivelyprim.Heworeprimlysevere
eyeglasses,hiswavyhairwasprimlycutandprimly
combed.Heworeprimsuitswithnecktiessetprimly
againstthecollarbuttonsofhiswhiteshirts.Hehad
aprimly
pointed
jaw,aprimly
straight
nose,
andaprim
mannerof
speaking
wassocorrect,
sogentlemanly,
thatheseemedacomicantique.
IpreparedforanunfruitfulyearwithMr.Fleagleandforalongtimewasnotdisappointed.Lateintheyear
wetackledtheinformalessay.Mr.Fleagledistributed
ahomeworksheetofferingusachoiceoftopics.Nonewasquitesosimple-mindedas"
WhatIDidonMySummer
Vacation,"
butmostseemedtobealmost
asdull.
Itook
thelisthomeanddidnothinguntilthenightbefore
theessaywasdue.Lyingonthesofa,Ifinallyfaced
up
unwelcometask,
list
ofmy
notebook,andscannedit.Thetopiconwhichmyeye
stoppedwas"
TheArtofEatingSpaghetti."
Thistitle
producedanextraordinary
sequenceof
mental
images.Vividmemoriescamefloodingbackofanight
inBellevillewhenallofuswereseatedaroundthe
supper
table—UncleAllen,
mymother,
UncleCharlie,
Doris,UncleHal
—andAuntPatservedspaghettifor
supper.
Spaghetti
wasstill
alittle
knownforeign
dish
those
days.
Neither
Dorisnor
had
ever
eaten
spaghetti,
andnoneofthe
adults
hadenoughexperience
tobegoodatit.AllthegoodhumorofUncleAllen'
shousereawokeinmymindasIrecalledthelaughing
arguments
wehad
night
about
socially
respectablemethodformovingspaghettifromplateto
mouth.
SuddenlyI
wantedto
write
that,
aboutthe
warmth
andgoodfeelingofit,butIwantedtoputitdown
simplyformyownjoy,notforMr.Fleagle.Itwasa
momentIwantedtorecaptureandholdformyself.I
wanted
torelive
pleasure
of
evening.
Towrite
itasIwanted,however,wouldviolatealltherules
offormalcompositionI'
dlearnedinschool,andMr.
Fleagle
wouldsurely
give
it
afailing
grade.
Nevermind.
IwouldwritesomethingelseforMr.FleagleafterI
hadwrittenthisthingformyself.
WhenIfinisheditthenightwashalfgoneandthere
wasnotime
left
tocomposeaproper,respectable
essay
forMr.Fleagle.Therewasnochoicenextmorningbut
toturninmytaleoftheBellevillesupper.Twodays
passedbeforeMr.Fleaglereturnedthegradedpapers,
andhereturnedeveryone'
sbutmine.Iwaspreparing
myself
a
command
report
Mr.
immediately
after
discipline
whenI
sawhim
liftmypaperfromhisdeskandknockfortheclass'
s
attention.
"
Now,boys,"
hesaid.
wantto
readyouanessay.
This
istitled,'
TheArtofEatingSpaghetti.'
Andhestarted
toread.
Mywords!
Hewasreading
mywords
outloudtotheentireclass.What'
smore,theentire
waslistening.
Listening
attentively.
Then
somebodylaughed,thentheentireclasswaslaughing,
andnot
contempt
andridicule,
butwithopen-hearted
enjoyment.
EvenMr.Fleagle
stoppedtwoorthreetimes
toholdbackasmallprimsmile.
Idid
mybest
avoid
showingpleasure,
butwhat
was
feeling
waspure
delight
atthis
demonstration
my
words
power
make
people
laugh.
In
eleventhgrade,attheeleventhhourasitwere,Ihad
discoveredacalling.Itwasthehappiestmomentofmy
entire
career.
WhenMr.Fleagle
finished
heput
thefinalsealonmyhappinessbysaying,"
Nowthat,
boys,
is
anessay,
don'
yousee.
It'
—don'
yousee
—it'
thevery
essence
ofthe
essay,don'
Congratulations,Mr.Baker."
(797words)
Unit2
Hemusthavebeencompletelylostinsomethinghewas
readingbecauseIhadtotaponthewindshieldtoget
hisattention.
Is
your
cabavailable?
Iaskedwhenhefinally
looked
upatme.Henodded,thensaidapologeticallyasI
settled
into
back
seat,
m
sorry,but
readingaletter."
Hesoundedasifhehadacoldor
something.
nohurry,"
Itold
him."
Goaheadandfinish
letter."
Heshookhis
head."
ve
read
several
times
already.
IguessIalmostknowitbyheart."
Letters
from
homealwaysmeanalot,"
said.
At
least
they
dowith
mebecauseI'
montheroad
somuch."
Then,
estimatingthathewas60or70yearsold,Iguessed:
Fromachildormaybeagrandchild?
Thisisn'
tfamily,"
hereplied."
Although,"
hewent
on,"
cometothinkofit"
itmightjustaswellhave
beenfamily.OldEdwasmyoldestfriend.Infact,we
usedto
call
eachother
'
Old
Friend'
—whenwe'
meet,
thatis.I'
mnotmuchofahandatwriting."
Idon'
think
anyofuskeepupour
correspondence
too
well,"
Isaid."
IknowIdon'
t.ButItakeithe'
ssomeoneyou'
veknownquiteawhile?
Allmylife,practically.Wewerekidstogether,sowegowayback."
Wenttoschooltogether?
Allthewaythroughhighschool.Wewereinthesameclass,infact,throughbothgradeandhighschool."
"
Therearenottoomanypeoplewho'
vehadsuchalongfriendship,"
Isaid.
Actually,"
thedriverwenton,"
Ihadn'
tseenhimmore
thanonceortwiceayearoverthepast25or30years
becauseImovedawayfromtheoldneighborhoodandyou
kindoflosetoucheventhoughyouneverforget.Hewas
agreatguy."
Yousaid'
was'
.Doesthatmean—?
Henodded."
Diedacoupleofweeksago."
msorry,"
snofuntoloseanyfriend
—andlosingarealoldoneiseventougher."
Hedidn'
treplytothat,andwerodeoninsilenceforafewminutes.ButIrealizedthatOldEdwasstillonhismindwhenhespokeagain,almostmoretohimselfthantome:
Ishouldhavekeptintouch.Yes,"
he
repeated,"
Ishouldhavekeptintouch."
Well,"
Iagreed,
weshould
all
keepin
touch
withold
friends
morethan
wedo.Butthings
comeupandwejust
tseemtofindthetime."
He
shrugged.
We
used
find
time,"
he
That'
evenmentioned
intheletter."
Hehandedit
over
tome."
Takealook."
Thanks,"
Isaid,"
butIdon'
twanttoreadyourmail.
sprettypersonal."
Thedrivershrugged."
OldEd'
sdead.There'
snothing
personalnow.Goahead,"
heurgedme.
Theletterwaswritteninpencil.Itbeganwiththe
greeting
Friend,"
andthe
first
sentence
reminded
meof
myself.
beenmeaningtowrite
forsometime,
butI'
vealwayspostponedit.Itthenwentontosay
heoften
thought
goodtimestheyhadhad
together
whenthey
both
lived
sameneighborhood.
It
references
things
probably
meant
somethingto
thedriver,
suchasthe
time
TimSheabroke
thewindow,theHalloweenthat
wetied
OldMr.Parker'
gate,
andwhenMrs.Culverusedtokeepusafter
school.
Youmusthavespentalotoftimetogether,"
Isaid
tohim.
Likeitsaysthere,"
heanswered,"
aboutallwehad
tospendinthosedayswastime."
Heshookhishead:
Time."
Ithoughtthe
nextparagraph
letter
wasalittle
sad:
I
begantheletter
OldFriend"
becausethat'
whatwe'
vebecomeovertheyears
—oldfriends.And
therearen'
tmanyofusleft.
Youknow,"
saidtohim,"
whenit
saysherethat
there
aren'
manyofusleft,
that'
absolutely
right.
Every
timeIgotoaclassreunion,forexample,thereare
fewerandfewerstillaround."
Timegoesby,"
thedriversaid.
Didyoutwoworkatthesameplace?
Iaskedhim.
No,butwehungoutonthesamecornerwhenwewere
single.Andthen,whenweweremarried,weusedtogo
toeachother'
shouseeverynowandthen.Butforthe
last20or30yearsit'
sbeenmostlyjustChristmas
cards.
Ofcoursethere'
bealways
anote
we'
deachadd
tothecards
—usuallysomenewsaboutourfamilies,
youknow,whatthekidsweredoing,whomovedwhere,
anewgrandchild,thingslikethat
—butneverareal
letteroranythinglikethat."
agoodpart
here,"
Isaid.
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