Saturday meant that most 1.________ were at home on the route. So were school-age 2.________. I thought this might mean more talk back and forth as I made the 3.________ today. There were many people outdoors, 4.________ in their gardens. Most of the

Saturday meant that most 1.________ were at home on the route. So were school-age 2.________. I thought this might mean more talk back and forth as I made the 3.________ today. There were many people outdoors, 4.________ in their gardens. Most of them looked friendly enough. While I wouldn't have time to talk at length, there was time to exchange the 5.________ that go with civilized ways.That is where I got my 6.________. I said hello in quite a few yards before the message sank in that this wasn't the thing to do. 7.________, I got a straight man-to-man or woman-to-man reply from someone who looked me in the eye, smiled, and asked either How are you?" or Isn’t this a nice day?" I felt human then.8. ________ most often the response was either nothing at 9.________, or a look of surprise that I had 10.________ and used familiar words, or a friendly hello.

1.adults
2children
3.rounds
4.working
5.greetings
6.shock
7.occasionally
8.But
9.all
10.spoken