AGE CHANGES THINGS
Who changed everything when I wasn’t looking? I’ve noticed lately that everything is farther away than it used to be. It’s even twice as far to the corner now, and they’ve added a hill! I’ve given up running for the bus; it leaves much earlier than it used to. And it seems to me that they are making the stairs steeper than in the old days, and have you noticed the smaller print the Newspapers are now using? And there’s no sense in asking anyone to read aloud anymore, as everyone speaks in such low voices that I can hardly hear them. The material in clothes is so skimpy now, especially around the waist and hips, and the way they size the clothes is much larger than it used to be. Why, I have to buy clothes two sizes larger than what I wear just so they will fit me right! Even people are changing. They are so much younger than…
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