It is a most satisfactory breakfast. Since Dad has not packed us lunches, we receive from him a quarter for the cafeteria lunch. I use my two bits to purchase jelly doughnuts from a bakery truck. My brother buys five Hershey bars and eats them all. I am assigned the job of making toast.
Brother is told to crack some eggs.
Brother makes sure the eggs have a high calcium content by including very many pieces of shell. He agitates the eggs until the yolks are partially mixed with the whites and the egg shell pieces. Dad notices this, and provides a few more phrases from his Army days, before deciding that it would be okay for us to have cold cereal for dinner. Dad leaves for his meeting as my brother and I reach for the Frosted Flakes. We have just begun to eat when the phone rings.