” I stood up. “And congratulations, I’m sure the school is well served by making you principal.”“I think they made the right choice, but I...��m biased.” She laid her left hand flat on the table and began fiddling with the obscenely large diamond ring. “Before you leave, I think you’re forgetting something.”“What’s that?” I asked.“Well, the last time we met, you said some things that were inappropriate and offensive.” Her voice took on a serious tone. “Then you stormed out. I would think. As Theata rose to answer the tapping, Karl looked up suddenly. His face showed his unasked question. “There is someone at our door,” she said softly, hoping that her anxiety did not show in her voice. There could be only one reason that Magona would come to their hut at this time of year.“One moment,” she called out as she walked the short distance to the door. Her hands shook slightly as she reached to opened it. Outside on the simple path, Magona stood stoop-shouldered, leaning her weight on. Naan address kandu pidithu aval veetin aruge nindru yaravathu irukiraargala endru paarthen. Antha iravil anaivarum urangi kondu irunthaargal, naan athanaal aval veetirkul selalam endru kathu kondu irunthen.Manaiviku call seithen, hey naan vanthuten ulle varava endru keten? Aval nighty aninthu kondu veliye vanthu paarthal. Yaarum parkatha pozhuthu ulle vaa naan kathavai thiranthu vaithu irukiren endru solinaal. Naan innum aval peyar kuda ena endru ketathu kidaiyaathu, engalukul irunthathu kaamam. ..she just didn't need it. When winter finally broke, spring came along and I saw her first once,then twice a day, then more. I asked her I could buy her the coke that she brought up to the register....she grinned at me and said sure. She thanked me, and we started talking, just small talk and all. She told me why I had not seen her all winter, Kathy explained that she didn't have very sure footing and could not risk falling. Well I finally got the nerve to ask her out, she said we could.