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1、1SuddenlyIwantedtowriteaboutthat,aboutthewarmthandgoodfeelingofit.butIwantedtoputitdownsimplyformyownjoy,notforMr.Fleagle.ItwasamomentIwantedtorecaptureandholdformyself.Iwantedtorelivethepleasureofthatevening.TowriteitasIwanted,however,wouldviolateallthe
2、rulesofformalcompositionI`dlearnedinschool,andMr.Fleaglewouldsurelygiveitafailinggrade.Nevermind.IwouldwritesomethingelseforMr.FleagleafterIhadwrittenthisthingformyself.WhenIfinisheditthenightwashalfgoneandtherewasnotimelefttocomposeaproper,respectablees
3、sayforMr.Fleagle.TherewasnochoicenextmorningbuttoturninmytaleoftheBellevillesupper.TwodayspassedbeforeMr.Fleaglereturnedthegradedpapers,andhereturnedeveryone`sbutmine.IwaspreparingmyselfforacommandtoreporttoMr.Fleagleimmediatelyafterschoolfordisciplinewh
4、enIsawhimliftmypaperfromhisdeskandknockfortheclass`sattention.2“Thisisn`tfamily,”hereplied.“Although,”hewenton,”cometothinkofit,itminghtjustaswellhavebeenfamily.OldEdwasmyoldestfriend.Infact,weusedtocalleachother‘OldFriend’---whenwe`dmeet,thatis.I`mnotmu
5、chofahandatwriting.”“Idon`tthinkanyofuskeepupourcorrespondencetoowell,”Isaid.”IknowIdon`t.ButItakeithe`ssomeoneyou`veknownquiteawhile?”“Allmylife,practically.Wewerekidstogether,sowegowayback.”“Wenttoschooltogether?”“Allthewaythroughhighschool.Wewereinthe
6、sameclass,infact,throughbothgradeandhighschool.”“Therearenottoomanypeoplewho`vehadsuchalongfriendship,”Isaid.“Actually.”thedriverwenton,”Ihadn`tseenhimmorethenonceortwiceayearoverthepast25or30yearsbecauseImovedawayfromtheoldneighborhoodandyoukindofloseto
7、ucheventhoughyouneverforget.Hewasagreatguy.”“Yousaid‘was’.Doesthatmean---?”Henodded.”Diedacoupleofweeksago.”“I`msorry,”Isaid.”It`snofuntoloseanyfriend---andlosingarealoldoneiseventougher.”3Whetherwelikeitornot,theworldweliveinhaschangedagreatdealinthelas
8、thundredyears,anditislikelytochangeevenmoreinthenexthundred.Somepeoplewouldliketostopthesechangesandgobacktowhattheyseeasapurerandsimplerage.Butashistoryshows,thepastwasnotthatwonderful.Itwasnotsobadforaprivilegedminority,
