id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 16721 Doctorow, Cory A Place so Foreign .txt text/plain 21847 1953 92 I nearly said, "To where we're going?" but I didn't, because Mama had never reason that Mama and Mr Johnstone and the man from the embassy had worked out them had ever worked, but I liked to run my hands over them, feel the smooth "I think you should be going to school, James," Mama said, at breakfast. Even though I wasn't looking at her when she said this, I knew that her eyes "Thank you, sir," I said, unable to look away from his stare. "Yes, Mama?" I said, on my way out to chop kindling. "James!" Mama said. "Mr Adelson," Mama said. She took his hands and said, "Merry Christmas, James." "Mama doesn't like me eating sweets," I said, and stared at my reflection in my Mama rescued me by coming into the parlour then, looking young and pretty in her "I'd _like_ to think so," he said. ./cache/16721.txt ./txt/16721.txt