(一)It was the night before the composition was due
As I looked at the list of topics ( 题目) , "The Art of Eating Spaghetti (意大利面条) " caught my eye
The word "spaghetti" brought back the 36 of an evening at Uncle Alien' s in Belleville 37 all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat 3 8 spaghetti for supper
Spaghetti was an exotic treat in 39 days
Never had I eaten spaghetti, and 40 of the grown-ups had enough experience to be 41 it
What laughing 42 we had about the 43 respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth
44 , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to 45 it down simply for my own 46 , not for Mr
Fleagle, my composition teacher
47 , I would write something else
When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no 48 left to write a proper c