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ЕГЭ ’’Getting What He Deserved?’’
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Getting What He Deserved (By L.
Grizzard) http://www.studentlibrary.ru/documents/ISBN9785893490152-SCN0017.html
Getting What He Deserved?
There were seven or eight of us in the line, waiting to pay the cashier
for our lunches. We were all in a hurry because that’s the way of the American
business-day lunch. At the front of the line there was a pretty woman with a
small boy of about eight. He was a cute little fellow wearing black jeans,
white sneakers and a blue pullover sweater. A shock of dark hair fell over his
eyes. He looked very much like his mother. The boy had a charming face with
chiseled features but he was depressed.
As the woman
fumbled in her purse, looking for money to pay her check, the kid noticed a
display of candy bars beside the cash register and immediately wanted one.
“You can’t have
any candy”, said his mother. “You had a pie with your lunch”. She took out her
handkerchief, then put it back and went on fumbling in her purse.
“But I want some candy”,
said the kid. His tone was surprisingly insistent. Almost aggressive.
The mother
continued her search for money in her purse, and the kid continued to whine
about the candy. Then he began to stamp his feet and shout.
The rest of us in
line were beginning to get fidgety. We bunched a little closer together and
several folks began mumbling under their breath. “Ought to snatch him bald”,
said one man quietly.
The kid by now was reaching for the candy display in open opposition to his
mother. She grabbed his arm and pulled it away, but not before he clutched a
Snickers bar in his hand.
“Put it back”, she said.
“No!” shouted the child. It
was an arrogant “No!”
The line bunched even more closely together, and the man who had suggested
snatching the kid bald appeared ready to do so himself. So much for the kid’s
shock of dark hair, I thought.
But the mother moved suddenly
and with purpose. She paid the cashier, took back her change and dropped it
into her purse. Then with one quick motion, she grabbed hold of the child’s
pullover sweater and lifted him off the floor. The moment his sneakers came
back to earth, she turned his back toward her and began flailing him. A look of
disbelief came across the kid’s face. His eyes filled with tears. He tried to
break away but that made his mother flail him again.
When she had finished
administering the punishment, she turned the child around and pointed a finger
squarely in his sobbing face. With a voice strong and certain, she said, “The
next time I tell you do something, young man, will you do it?”
The child looked at the floor. Meekly and sincerely, he replied, “Yes, ma’am.”
The mother turned to go. The child returned the Snickers bar without further
hesitation and marched dutifully out behind her.
The people in a line broke into spontaneous applause.
“Did the kid deserve the punishment he had? What would I do if I were his
mother? She may have been absolutely right for all I know. I have no children.
I have no right to argue with the mother” I thought. “There is nothing I can do
but wait. Perhaps the best way to get an idea of normal behavior of children is
to get married and raise a few”.
The people in the cafe were all in
a hurry because
Lewis McDonald Grizzard, Jr.
(October 20, 1946 – March 20, 1994) was an American writer and humorist,
known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South.
Although he spent his early career as a newspaper sports writer and editor,
becoming the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at age 23, he is much
better known for his humorous newspaper columns
in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution. He was also a popular
stand-up comedian & lecturer.
Grizzard also published a total of twenty-five
books, including collections of his columns (e.g. Chili Dawgs Always Bark at
Night), expanded versions of his stand-up comedy routines (I Haven't
Understood Anything Since 1962), and the autobiographical If I Ever Get
Back to Georgia, I'm Gonna Nail My Feet to the Ground. Although much of his
comedy discussed the South and Grizzard’s personal and professional lives, it
was also a commentary on issues prevalent throughout America, including
relationships between men and women (e.g. If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About a
Quart Low), politics, and health,
especially heart health. Grizzard was also the stepbrother of the Southern
humorist Ludlow Porch.
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