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It hadn’t happened during the war The Glass ca everyone did noas not called war It was so that liquefied the earth out west and turned it into the Sea of Glass On the sheet it looked likelike waves Turning the Grand Canyon into a soft grey whirlpool Sylvie thought it was beautiful Like so on the moon In real life it had colors, and Sylvie drea into an endless expanse of dark glass
“There are more Japanese people in Utah than in Japan now,” Clark whispered when the filo Sylvie flinched as if he’d cut her
They didn’t talk about her Presentation It sat whitely, fatly in their future Once Clark kissed her Sylvie cried afterward
“I’ll write you,” he said “As long as I can write”
The growth index for their county was very healthy, and this was another reason Clark Baker should not have been holding her hand in the dark while es of the Glass on a clicking filmstrip Every wootten aThe Ladies’ Auxiliary graciously accepted the key to the city She suspected her Father had a great deal to do with this When she was little, he had come home one week in four Noas three days in thirty His depart hard He’d be there for her Presentation, though No Father hter’s debut
Sylvie thought about Clark while her h tiny loops Their faces doubled in thetheir faces silver
“Mo, as if she was afraid to wake herself up “What if I don’t loveimportant?”
Hannah sighed HerYou don’t understand What it was like before We had to have theht Never a h for my husband The one before your Father The children before you Do you think we got to choose then? It wasn’t about love For some people, they could afford that For ood prospects I needed him I could not work I was a woman before the ould hire ram punchcardthat would occupy my mind So I drowned lad He left and it waswhat happened to my money So the war took them,” she waved her hand in front of her eyes, “war always does that I know you don’t think so, but the program is the best part of a bad situation A situation maybe so bad we cannot fix it So you don’t love him Why would you look for love with a ets the cake cannot be friends with the girl who gets th
e crumbs” Sylvie’s mother blushed She whispered: “My Rita, you know, Rita who coood to ood to you You will have your Auxiliary, your work, your children One week in four a man will tell you what to do—but listen to me when I say they have much better manners than they used to They say please now They are interested in your life They are so good with the babies” Hannah sown “So will be left, or things will go back to the old ways and you will haveyour body and soul apart to label the parts that belong to them Enjoy this world Either way, it will be brief”
Sylvie turned her painted, perfected face to her mother’s “Mom,” she whispered Sylvie had practiced So much, so often She ordered the words in her head like dolls, hoped they were the right ones Hoped they could stand up straight “Watashi wa anata o shinjite n” I wish I could believe you
Hannah’s dark eyes fleide and, without a hter across the cheek It wasn’t hard, not meant to wound, certainly not to leave aSylvie’s eyes watered
“Nidoto,” her ain”
Gimbels: Your Official Father’s Day Headquarters
PANORAMA SHOT of the Giship store with two cute kiddos front and center [Note to Casting: get us a boy and a girl, blonde, white, under ten, irl Put them in sailor suits, everyone likes that] The kids wave at the camera Little Linda Sue speaks up [Note to Copy: Nope The boy speaks first] It’s a beautiful June here in New York City, the greatest city on earth! Jimmy throws his hands in the air and yells out: And thatdown a Gilass case, barbecue sets Linda Sue picks up a watch and listens to it tick Jirabs a barbecue scraper and brandishes it He says: Come on doith your Mom and make an afternoon of it at the Brand New Gimbels Automat! Hot, pre-screened food in an instant! Gee ! [Note to Copy: hey, Stone, this is a government sponsored ad If Gi to have to actually pay for it Have you ever tried one of those things? Tastes like a kick in the teeth] Linda Sue: At Gimbels they have all the approved Father’s Day products (Kids alternate lines) Mr Fix-It! Businessman! Coach! Backyard Cowboy! Mr Gi Priapus line He hands it to Linda Sue and ruffles her hair Mr Giift with the Ladies’ Auxiliary We wouldn’t want your Daddy to get two of the sa! That’s why Giht next to the registration desk so your Father’s Day is a perfect one Kids: Thanks, Mr Gimbel!
Mr Gimbel spreads his arms wide and type stretches out between them in this year’s Father’s Day colors [Note to Art Dept: It’s seashell and buttercup this year, right? Please see Marketing concerning the Color Ca with Gimbels to establish a White for Boys, Green for Girls tradition]