Mitchell was looking for the Instant Dry
Milk in Ralphs. He had started buying dry
milk two months ago. Packaged in a box
weighing only 1?pounds, dry milk tastes and
costs the same as regular nonfat milk. Plus, it
is a lot lighter to carry than liquid milk. He
couldn't find it on the aisle with the
unrefrigerated soy milk, so he walked to the
next aisle.
Just as Mitchell started up the next aisle, he
almost collided with someone pushing a
shopping cart toward him. Mitchell's eyes
opened wide, and then he quickly looked
away. Was this person starring in a monster
movie? She was the ugliest person he had ever
seen. He couldn't even believe that this was a
real person—she had to be an actor still in
make-up.
She had warts all over her face! Warts—too
many to count—covered her forehead, cheeks,
nose, and neck. The warts were the same color
as her skin, and each one was about the size of
a pencil eraser. When Mitchell was a kid, he
thought that the Halloween mask of a witch
with just one wart on the tip of her nose was
ugly. But this woman was hideous--even more
repulsive than people with bad acne or with
severe facial burns.