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walk between two patches of lawn, hedges along
the sidewalk and in front of the house, and a red
maple tree off to the left. A large, plain aluminum
mailbox in front was labeled MORRIS and had
the address printed under it.
"Home sweet home," Thelma said as the garage
door went up.
We pulled into the garage, a garage that looked
neater than some of the rooms in the orphanage.
It had shelves on the rear wall, and everything on
them was labeled and organized. The floor of the
garage even had a carpet over it.
Karl helped with my luggage and my box of
books. I followed them through a door that led
right into the kitchen.
"Karl designed our house," Thelma explained.
"He thought it was practical to come directly
from the garage into the kitchen, so we could get
our groceries easily out of the car and into their
proper cabinets."
It was a small but very neat and clean-looking
kitchen. There was a breakfast nook on the right
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with a bay window that looked out on a fenced-in
backyard. There wasn't much more lawn in the
rear of the house than there was in the front.
Above the table was a cork board with notes
pinned to it and a calendar with dates circled. The
front of the refrigerator had a magnetic board
with a list of foods that had to be replaced.
"Right this way," Kari said.
We left the kitchen and walked through a small
corridor that led first to the living room and front
door. There was a short entryway with a closet for
coats just inside it. There was a den off the
entryway that had walls of bookcases, sofas, and
chairs, all facing the large television set. Just past
that was the dining room. The furniture was all
colonial.
My room wasn't much larger than my room at
the orphanage, but it had bright, flowery wallpa
per, filmy white cotton curtains, a desk with a
large cupboard above it, and a twin-size bed with
pink and white pillows and comforter. There was
a closet on the left and a smaller one on the right.
"You can use this smaller closet for storing
things other than clothes," Kari explained.
I paused at the desk and opened the cupboard
to see a computer all set up inside.
"Surprise!" Thelma cried, clapping. "We got