Manners at a Restaurant

Manners at a Restaurant

Manners at a Restaurant
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grade 4
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	4.03

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		good-natured, well-mannered, guideline, blessed, public, ribs, dominate, order, laps, several, swallowed, woman, pass, proper, correct, important
	content words:		Then Angela

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Manners at a Restaurant
By Beth A. Beutler

¹     "Eww. That's disgusting!" my sister Angela whispered to me. "Do you see that lady over there? She's talking with her mouth full."

²     I sneaked a glance to my right. A woman was eating with some friends. She was in the middle of an animated conversation. Sure enough, her mouth was open wide while she laughed and chatted.

³     I whispered back. "You are right. That is disgusting!"

⁴     Just then, our server came to the table to take our order. We each, in turn, told him what we wanted from the menu.

⁵     While we waited for our food, our mom began a conversation about manners.

⁶     "Kids," she began, "I see that you noticed that lady speaking with her mouth full. Did you like what you saw?"

⁷     "No way!" we answered.

⁸     "What is the proper way to eat?"

⁹     "We should keep our mouth closed and only speak after we've swallowed," I said.

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