This is probably the most subtle short story you’ll ever read in high school. No. In your entire life time! The setting is a farm, probably in the 1950s (Clue: price of Coca Cola.) The characters: a man and his seven year old son. The mother died when the boy was born and the dad has been raising him on his own. The boy is 100% focussed on every tiny little nuance in his dad’s mood. ‘
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