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not be a race but rather an experience to savor. But on that day, he finishes eating the spaghetti in no more than 10 minutes. He stands up and offers his seat to his mother. Mother says that it’s okay. But her legs want to give up for walking from the mall to their house. She has spent more than what she planned and ended up walking home. But on that day, she is not tired. She gives the chair to father. Father smiles and gently settles mother down. He says that he isn’t hungry yet. But his stomach is rumbling. He forgot to eat lunch because of the excitement that his eldest child is coming home and eating dinner with the whole family. But on that day, he eats after mother. It’s that time of year again when the biggest emotion – love – is revealed in small ways. Like how the king is born as a little child on the first Christmas. Families show love in ways that are too small that they are sometimes not known. EC
has once heard her mother and father talking about how her older sister hasn’t eaten properly abroad. The eldest says that she does not like spaghetti. But she looks forward to birthdays because of the It’s that time of year again when the biggest emotion – love – is revealed in small ways. Like how the king is born as a little child on the first Christmas. spaghetti. It is her younger brother’s favorite too. But on that day, spaghetti is not her favorite. She moves the bowl nearer her brother. The teenage boy eats fast. But he usually takes an hour to finish his meal. He believes that eating should
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all the seats in the dining room are taken. The people whom mother and father are waiting have finally arrived. The hardworking eldest and the busy younger ones eat together. Saying that they are not hungry, mother and father eat later. But they have not eaten anything for the past five hours. Mother is buying the ingredients and cooking. Father is preparing the dining room. But on that day, they do not take any of the three chairs. Watching their children eating on the same table, they lean on the sink. The youngest eats little. But she loves food very much. She loves big occasions because big occasions mean many foods. But on that day, she claims to be on a diet without knowing what it really means. She eats only one cup of rice and one piece of fried chicken. She
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EC Magazine | Christmas Edition 2019
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