Every afternoon around four o’clock, a group of school children would 5 into the shop. Adults would glance in,
see the crowd and 6 on. I didn’t mind if the kids waited for
the bus in the shop.
I came to know them 7 well. The girls would talk about school.
The boys were more quiet, choosing not to 8 their secrets, but still, they’d wait
every day in the store 9 their bus came.
Sometimes Id hand out bus fare when a ticket went 10 ---always repaid the next day. When
it snowed, the kids and I would wait anxiously for a very 11 bus. They’d call their parents to let
them know they were okay. I 12 a lot of doughnuts on snowy days. I
enjoyed my pals, but it never 13 to me that I played an important 14 in their lives---until one Saturday
afternoon when a serious-looking man entered the store and asked if I was the
girl who worked weekdays around four o’clock. I 15 it was true, and he introduced himself 16 the father of two of my favorites---a
brother and sister team.
I want you to know I appreciate what you do for my
children. I 17 about them having to take two buses
to get home. It means a lot that they can wait here and you are keeping 18 on them.
I told him it wasn’t a big 19 , that I enjoyed the kids.
No, you don’t understand. When they’re with the
doughnuts lady, I know they’re 20 . It is a big deal. And I’m grateful.
So I was the Doughnuts Lady. I not only had received a title, I had
become a landmark.
1.A.Crowded B. Situated C. Directed D .Removed