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50. An Emergency
Amisa was a single mother who worked from
tutoring students. She liked this job because it
her to stay home with her own little
Nimisha. Amisa saw all her clients at her
table. She picked the kitchen table because from
she could watch her daughter, who usually stayed
the living room. Nimisha usually stayed in the
room when her mother was working with another
.
One afternoon though, Nimisha felt so thirsty. She
to get into the kitchen to get a
. "Mom, can I please have a drink?" Nimisha
. Amisa was annoyed. She was in the middle
a lesson. "Yes, but you have to serve
because I'm working," Amisa said. Nimisha pulled a
up to the kitchen cabinet and stood on
. She opened the kitchen cabinet and reached up
the top shelf to get a blue plastic
. Then she slipped. Nimesha let out a huge
. When Amisa got up to see what was
, she saw that her daughter's hand had slipped
the tongs of a large serving fork had
through Nimisha's finger. Nimisha was crying. Amisa was
. She had her client go home early, and
going to rush her daughter to the hospital.
didn't want to try and pull the fork
herself because she was worried that she might
the situation worse.
Nimisha lived four blocks from
hospital. She felt it was faster to walk
the hospital than call and wait for an
. There was only one problem. It was very
outside, and Amisa couldn't put a coat on
daughter when she had a huge serving fork
from one of her fingers. Amisa wrapped a
around her child and together they quickly walked
the hospital.
"My daughter has a fork stuck
her finger!" Amisa yelled as she entered the
room.
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