“What did she say?” I asked my daughter, who already knew a little English and often __21__as my interpreter.
“She said ‘Can I help you?’”
“Ask if they have any books in__22__,” I requested.
“No, they don't.” translated my daughter.
While hunting for a job, I was told that the library needed people to__23__ books.The interview was short-the job didn't require much English, just a__24__ of the alphabet.I started the next day.Every day, I handled hundreds of books whose meaning was__25__ from me, mentally dividing them by size and color.One day, while shelving, I found English for Beginners and began studying it on my own.__26__ English letters started forming words I could__27__, words combined into phrases, and—oh,__28__!—I was reading.It was a slow process, supported by dictionaries and __29__ by tears, but it was progress.Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk—__30__ books in and out and answering simple questions.
Every day I receive dozens of people.Sometimes I spot new immigrants.They come from all over the world, so they look different, but the hesitant expression on their faces and their__31__ manners are similar.My heart goes out to them,__32__ they are people like me.I fully understand the __33__roads on which they have stepped.“They've come to the right place,” I think to__34__.Then I smile and say—just the__35__ a librarian said to me a long time ago—“Can I help you?”
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