Wit spent, but not energy, they then took Role Model s cart, with an infant sister inside, on a joyride. I summoned all the willpower I had to ignore them, and I consoled myself with the knowledge that there could be no reasoning with kids that inclined to ill-mannered, brutish hooliganism. Role Model turned out to be an older sister, and by the way her huge smile dripped off her face, she must have thought it was all a hoot. This is an exaggeration, of course, but it is frighteningly true that sometimes we adults behave no better. We justify such behavior by the season, our mood, or the sort of day we ve had.
Good manners are timeless.
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