The highlight of the children’s week was the box. When
their father brought it inside, they crowded around him. He often tripped over
the skinny, eager gaggle as they fought to be the first to see what the truck
gave them that week.
Their father set the box on the table and used an old
kitchen knife to cut the tape. The children fell silent.
The box popped open and the father bent the flaps back.
The first thing he removed was a can of peaches. The children chittered to each
other; they hadn’t had anything sweet in several weeks.
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