Too bad, but try to be braveThis is my...
By mcmillinzb, 08:10Too bad, but try to be braveThis is my friend,
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Watanabe
"Glad to meet you," I saidMidori's father opened his lips halfway,
then closed them againMidori gestured towards a plastic stool near the foot of the bed and
suggested I sit downMidori gave her father a
drink of water and asked if he'd like a piece of fruit or some jellied
fruit dessert he said, and when Midori insisted that he had to
eat something, he said picasso cartier fruit
jelly and three cucumbers"Cucumbers?! What are these doing in here?" Midori asked"I can't
imagine what my sister was thinkingI told her on the phone exactly
what I wanted her to buy, and I'm sure I never mentioned cucumbers!
She was supposed to bring kiwi fruit
"Maybe she misunderstood you," I suggested"Yeah, maybe, but if she had thought about it she would have realized
that cucumbers couldn't be rightI mean, what's a patient supposed to
do? Sit in bed chewing on raw cucumbers? Hey, Daddy, want a
cucumber?"
said Midori's fatherMidori sat by the head of the bed, telling her father snippets of news
from homeThe TV picture had gone fuzzy and she had called the
repairman


