6. He shook his head. "I'm no strong man, Harry George," he said. I pul
the phone book away. He could at least have tried
7. Then I remembered how once my mom and I had watched my dad climb
to rescue my kitten. We were scared my dad would fall. Maybe my da-
a tall ladder, crawl up the roof, hang onto a chimney, and reach way ou
isn't real strong, but he sure is brave. So I told Ron all about what m
dad had done.
Aw, that's nothing, Harry George," Ron said. He was not impresse
*My father fought in the war. He has a whole box full of medals he wo
for bravery."
9. After school, I watched my dad fix my bike. I looked at all the tools
his box. I wished they were inedin is
10. "How come you never fought in the war ?" I casually asked my d
11. "Flat feet and poor eyesight," my dad said. "They couldn't use m
was lucky."
12. "Lucky?" I exclaimed. “You could've won a lot of medals, like R
father."
13. "Ron's father ?" my dad said. “Oh, I remember him. The fellow
tears up telephone books. So he won medals, did he ?"
14. "For bravery." I explained.
15. "Well, good for him," said my dad, and he shut his tool box with a
16. Later, my dad and I finished the model plane we had been workir
I could hardly wait to show it to Ron.
17. "See what my dad and I made ?" I said to him. "I ber you an
father never made anything like this."
18. “Aw, that's nothing, Harry George," Ron answered. “My father
fool around with model planes. He flies real ones instead. The k
take off and land on a carrier. That's dangerous stuff”
19. As soon as I got home, I asked my dad if he would like to be
20. "I don't care that much about flying," he told me.
21. “Why not?" I asked.
22. "Well, let's just say I feel better getting off a plane than I d
on.'
23. I wished he hadn't said that. I started to walk away.
24. "Wait a minute," said my dad. “Does Ron's father happen
airline pilot?"
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