Chapter 5 Broken Promise s
Jim sat at the kitchen table reading out President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt's speech from the newspaper. He tried to find hope in
the President's words. According to Roosevelt, there was only one
thing for Americans to fear—"fear itself." Mae counted out coins
from the rainy-day jar.
Jim's week had become an unending string of gray mornings
and sweaty afternoons of hard work at the docks. Jim and Mike
worked together every day, and Jim did all the work with his left
hand. In the evenings, he had another job—more long, hard work
with only his left hand. Mae was usually asleep on the sofa by the
time Jim got home at night.
That night she was woken by the sound of coins dropping into
the jar. She saw her husband walk toward their bed.
Jim looked down at the clean, white sheets. He wanted nothing
more than to fall into them, but then he looked down at his own
dirty, sweaty body, and lay down on the floor.
"Jimmy," Mae whispered. "We can wash the sheets."
But Jim was already asleep. Mae pulled the covers off the bed
and lay down on the floor, beside her husband.
Chapter 5 Broken Promise sJim sat at the kitchen table reading out President Franklin DelanoRoosevelt's speech from the newspaper. He tried to find hope inthe President's words. According to Roosevelt, there was only onething for Americans to fear—"fear itself." Mae counted out coinsfrom the rainy-day jar.Jim's week had become an unending string of gray morningsand sweaty afternoons of hard work at the docks. Jim and Mikeworked together every day, and Jim did all the work with his lefthand. In the evenings, he had another job—more long, hard workwith only his left hand. Mae was usually asleep on the sofa by thetime Jim got home at night.That night she was woken by the sound of coins dropping intothe jar. She saw her husband walk toward their bed.Jim looked down at the clean, white sheets. He wanted nothingmore than to fall into them, but then he looked down at his owndirty, sweaty body, and lay down on the floor."Jimmy," Mae whispered. "We can wash the sheets."But Jim was already asleep. Mae pulled the covers off the bedand lay down on the floor, beside her husband.
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