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Janie is an American University student who is travelling abroad. She is calling home
after having been out of touch with her parents for over a week. Janie's dad answers the phone:
RING RING Hello? Hello?
Hi Daddy! it's me, Janie. Oh, hi honey good to hear from you at last.
Sorry. I couldn't call sooner, but I was stuck in a little village where there were no phones.
Oh, okay honey. Is everything alright with you?
Yeah, Daddy, don't worry. I'm having a great time.
How's everything at home? Well, Janie, I'm sorry but, I have some very
bad news for you, your cat, Lucky died. Oh, my God! Daddy! Really?!
Yes, Janie. I'm afraid so. That's horrible, how can you just tell me
so directly that he died? I almost passed out from the shock. You know how I... You know I loved Lucky
very much. Well, I felt it would be better to tell you
directly. No, Daddy, you should've gradually built up
to it. What do you mean, "built up to it?"
Well, you know, you should've made up a story. Something like......Lucky was up in a tree
and couldn't get down, and then he fell when we tried to help him, and we had to take him
to the hospital and he had to have an operation and we had to give him a blood transfusion...
I don't know.. you know something like that. I understand sweetie, I'm sorry to shock you
so. Oh, okay, Daddy. I'll get over it. By the
way how's Grandma? Oh, your grandma? Oh, she's up in a tree and
she can't get down.....