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Kaleb enjoys mopping floors at home and identifies with the school janitor, Mr. Bruce. One day, Kaleb excitedly tells his mother that he wants to help Mr. Bruce mop the hallways at school. On Kaleb's first day of kindergarten, he asks if he should bring his mop. His mother and brother gently tell him a mop is not needed for school. The mother reflects fondly on Kaleb's innocence but knows memories fade as children grow up.

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Quiz 1

Kaleb enjoys mopping floors at home and identifies with the school janitor, Mr. Bruce. One day, Kaleb excitedly tells his mother that he wants to help Mr. Bruce mop the hallways at school. On Kaleb's first day of kindergarten, he asks if he should bring his mop. His mother and brother gently tell him a mop is not needed for school. The mother reflects fondly on Kaleb's innocence but knows memories fade as children grow up.

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Quiz 1

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kaleb likes to mop:

Recently, I held an amusing and memorable conversation with my son, who began kindergarten this
year, on the subject of mopping. My 5 year old son, Kaleb, claimed my Swiffer mop as his own, and he
enjoys mopping my kitchen and hardwood floors. Last summer, while I was watching him eagerly mop
my floors, he suddenly exclaimed, “I’m just like a janitor!” Amused, and somewhat surprised at his
thoughtful comparison, I smiled and answered, “Yes, you are like the school janitor Mr. Bruce.”
Immediately, a bright smile came to his face, and he agreed with obvious pride and delight, “Yes, I am
like Mr. Bruce.” Then I told him that maybe someday, when he was a bigger boy like his brother, he
could help Mr. Bruce mop the floors at school. Upon hearing that, he told me excitedly, “I’m going to
help Mr. Bruce at school; I could be the one to mop the hallways”. Meanwhile, Kaleb put his mop away
and moved on to his next activity. I assumed he would forget about our conversation. Later, on the first
day of kindergarten, I was listening to Kaleb’s brother help him prepare his backpack, making sure he
had the pencils, erasers, and supplies he needed on his first day of school, when I overheard Kaleb say
earnestly, “Should I take my mop?” My older son and I refrained from laughing so we wouldn’t
embarrass him, and told him gently that no; he wouldn’t be needing his mop today. My heart warmed,
and I wished that moments like those could remain in my heart forever; but sadly, memories fade and
little boys grow up. Maybe someday when he is a bigger boy, Kaleb will help Mr. Bruce mop the school
hallways, but in the meanwhile he'll have to be satisfied with helping his Mom mop floors at home.

Central idea:

The theme of this paragraph is conversational; it is a recollection by the mother of an instance that was
experienced in the year prior to 2005; where, her younger son; Kaleb, of 5 years, acquitted himself to
mopping his house’s hardwood floor and was so taken away by the activity that he wanted to carry a
mop and assist his school janitor to cleaning on his first day of school. The mother is reminiscing the
innocence of youth and how it will evolve as a person ages; in light of the words: “sadly memories fade
and little boys grow up.”

Characters: the mother, her younger son Kaleb, her elder son, Mr Bruce

Setting: this narrative takes place at the mothers household where Kaleb first reaches for the mop,
acting out with it a few days prior to his first day of school; the memory iterated is of the previous
summer, supposedly; 2004. However Kaleb began school in 2005 and so the suggestion of him wanting
to bring along the mop to school is deduced to occur then.

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