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Cate is one of my best friends. She is the
most efficient lady you can imagine. She is full of friendliness,
tenderness and candor. I love her a lot.
One day, she invited twenty people for dinner. She had reservation at a
restaurant. That night she went to the restaurant early to make sure
everything was fine. When she got to the restaurant nothing was
ready. She got a little upset
but she didn't want her face to show it. She said to one of the waiters,
ˇ°Hi, Sir, I had reservations for twenty people for six o'clock.ˇ± But the
waiter looked Cate's face vacantly.
Cate said again, ˇ° Sir, I had reservation for twenty people for six
o'clock.ˇ± This time the
waiter understood, but he said politely, ˇ°Miss, I don't know anything
about that. Let me get my
manager.ˇ± A few minutes
later, a man walked toward Cate. His hair was almost all gray, brushed
down smoothly, and he had a habit of running his hand over it gently to
keep it smooth. His eyelids were heavy and the lower lids especially made
one think that they were full of tears of sadness. When he smiled, the last muscles
to move were those that controlled the area about his eyes and the smile
was over before it was quite complete. He asked, ˇ° Miss, When did you make
these reservations? Cate said, ˇ°One week agoˇ± The manager said, ˇ°I didn't
know about that.ˇ± Cate could no longer maintain her manners. She raised
her voice, ˇ°I said I had reservations here for twenty people for dinner
and now there are only twenty minutes left and I am mad.ˇ± The manager
shook his head with bullock neck and said to Cate, ˇ°Don't be angry, I will
set the table for you now.ˇ±
Then he turned his neck and said to the waiters, ˇ°Set number 5
table for her.ˇ±
Cate went to the table and set up straight, holding her chin up, gazing at
the waiters who were busy setting up the bowls and plates. She said to herself, ˇ° I am glad I
came here early otherwiseˇ suddenly she jumped up and ran outside. She looked at the name of the
restaurant. Then she ran into
the restaurant again and said to the waiters, ˇ° Sorry, Sorry, stop setting
the table! I am at the wrong
place!ˇ±
When Cate rushed into the
restaurant, all the people were sitting around the table. They said to Cate, ˇ°Hi, where have
you been?ˇ± She pretended nothing happened.
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