WhenIwasyoungmyparentsranasnackbarinoursmalltown.
OneeveninginearlyAprilmymothertoldmetofillinatthesnackbar 36 aworkerwhohadtheflu.ItoldherIwouldmessitup 37 Ihadneverworkedatthebarbefore.I 38 thatinsteadofmakingmoneyIwouldendupowingit.
“Youcandoit”saidmymother“ 39 youwon’tgetmuchbusinessuntillunch.”
“ButI’llneverremembertheordersandI’mnogood 40 money.PleaseMomdon’t 41 me.
“ThenI’llhelpyou”shesaid.
Ishruggedmyshoulders.Ithoughtmymother’s 42 wasabadonebutI 43 .
WhenIgottothebarthenextdayIfoundmymotherwas 44 .Becausetheweatherthatdaywasrainyandcoldpeoplewantedhotsnacksanddrinks. 45 Iwasreallyslowattakingtheordersandmakingchange.Thelineofpeoplegrewandeverybodyseemed 46 IwassonervousthatmyhandsshookandI 47 acupintopieces.Whatamess!Thenmymothercameto 48 meandshealsoshowedmehowtomake 49 .Ifsomeonegaveme$5forsomethingthatcost$3.25Ihandedover
50 quartersandadollarandsaid“75centsmakesfourdollarsplusonedollarmakesfive.”Thingswentmore 51 afterthat.
BytheendofthedayIcouldrememberorders 52 thebillandmakechangequicklywithasmile.Iwasevenalittle 53 whenthesuncameoutanddriedupbusiness.Mymothersaidshewasproudofmeandwhenshe 54 thatIworkatthesnackbaragainnextyearIdidnotevenshrug.Iwastoobusy
55 therestaurantIwouldopenoneday.
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