Three Brown Bags
1954"Got us some matching luggage," K.E., barely a teenager, spoke wryly as they stood side by side, each filling a brown paper bag with their meager belongings – with room to spare.
1963No room to spare, at least not for him. His sister had married a roughneck and now K.E. was getting hitched. He folded his checked shirt and placed it in the brown paper bag.
1983The shirts properly arranged, he carefully folded the brown paper bag before placing it in the small closet. Despite what a lifetime of frugal living had taught him, this bag would not be used again.
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