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Mom is usually home on Sunday but this week she was going to a big golf game and I was all alone in
the house. I was mad at Mom for divorcing Dad.
I kept looking at the telephone until I couldn't stand it any longer. I picked up the receiver and dialed Dad's
number over in Bakersfield. I even remembered to dial 1 first because it was long distance."You promised to
phone me this week but you didn't," I said, feeling I had to talk to him.
"Take it easy, kid," he said. "I just didn't get around to it. I was going to call this evening. The week isn't
over yet."
I thought about that.
"Something on your mind?" he asked.
"I hoped you would call, so I waited and waited." Then I was sorry I said it.
"There was heavy snow in the morning," he said, "I had to chain up on highway 80 and lost time."
I know putting chains on eight big wheels in the snow is no fun. I felt a little better, as long as we were
talking. "How is Bandit?" I asked.
There was a funny silence. For a minute I thought the line was dead. Then I knew something must have
happened to my dog.
"Well, kid", he began. "My name is Leigh!" I almost yelled. "I'm not just some kid you met on the street!"
"Keep your shirt on, Leigh," he said. "When I had to stop along with some other truckers to put on chains,
I left Bandit out of the cab, I thought he would get back … I have sent out a call to CB radio, but I didn't get
an answer yet." I was about to say I understood when there came the bad part, the really bad part. I heard a
boy's voice say, "Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when we're going out to get the pizza?"
B. Leigh was a deserted boy
C. Leigh's dad lived in another city
D. Leigh's mother often went to golf games
B. It was let out of the cab and got lost
C. It was killed by a truck.
D. It ran off Highway 80 and into the mountain.
B. Stop talking
C. Calm down
D. Keep warm
B. his parents got divorced
C. his dad didn't love him
D. his mom didn't take him to pizza
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