“Don’t you want to wear it?” “I’m okay. It’s not that cold.” “I’m pretty sure it’s clean.” He picked it up and sniffed it. “It smells clean to me.” “I like the way it smells, but it has a tag in it. Tags bother me.” “Do you cut the tags out of all your clothes?” “It’s the first thing I do when I get them home.” Jonathan went back into the kitchen, and when he returned he had a pair of scissors in his hand. He cut out the tag and said, “Here. Try it now.” It was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for me. I might not always understand what people are saying, but I know when they’ve
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