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Everyone in the building knew Mr. Abara could fix anything — radiators, toasters, a cracked violin, once even a parakeet’s broken cage door with a paperclip and a prayer.
So when his own radio fell silent the month after his wife died, the neighbors were surprised that he didn’t fix it. It sat on the windowsill for weeks, dusty and quiet.
Finally, twelve-year-old Dami knocked on his door with a screwdriver. "I can try," she said. He looked at her for a long time, then stepped aside.
The problem was a single loose wire. When the music crackled back to life — an old highlife song his wife had loved — Mr. Abara sat down heavily and covered his face. Dami thought she had done something wrong. But then he began, quietly, to hum.
Some things, she realized, a person cannot fix for himself, no matter how skilled his hands.
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Free Grade 10 English worksheet (Common Core RL.9-10.1): read "The Fixer" and answer questions about key details, characters and theme. Skill: Key ideas and details in literature. Level: Grade 10 — also suits Year 11 (UK).
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Key ideas and details in literature.
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