3 | Grandpa's Trunk 2

Elsa: Excuse me .Is this seat taken?
Grandpa: No, it's not taken.
Elsa: Oh, thank you.
Grandpa: Oh, let me help you with this.
Elsa: Oh, thank you.
Grandpa: Do you want to sit by the window?
Elsa: No, no,no. I like the aisle seat better. Please, you sit by the window.
Grandpa: My name is Stewart...Malcolm Stewart.Pleased to meet you.
Elsa: I'm Elsa Tobin. How do you do?
Grandpa: Do you live in New York?
Elsa: No,no.I'm from Florida.
Grandpa: I am, too. But didn't you just get on?
Elsa: No,no.I just chaged my seat. A man next to me was smoking, and smoke really brothers me .Where are yuo from in Florida?
Grandpa: Titusville.It's near Orlando.
Elsa: Small world. I'm form Titusville,too.
Grandpa: Really? What part?
Elsa: My husband and I live near Spaceport.
Grandpa: I know that area. My house is only a few miles from Spaceport. Do you still live there?
Elsa: Oh yes, yes.My husband's there now. He couldn't take time off to come to New York with me. Do you still live there?
Grandpa: No.I sold the house and the furniture, put a few personal things in an old trunk, and shipped it to my children in NewYork. That's my desination.
Elsa: Are you married?
Grandpa: My wife died four years ago.She was a wonderful woman. A real friend.
Elsa: I'm sorry.Really, I'm sorry.
Grandpa: Lots of wonderful memories. We were married almost fifty years.Well, forty-seven, to be exact.
Elsa: John and I celebrate our fortieth anniversary next month.
Grandpa: Oh, congratulation! That's nice. What does John do?
Elsa: He's an aerospace engineer and works for Orlando Aircraft Corporation.He started with them almost forty years ago. What do you do?
Grandpa: I just retired. Had my own company. A construction company. Roads, bridges, big stuff. But I just sold it and retired.
Conductor: Excuse me, ma'am. Ticket,please.
Elsa: Would you kindly hold these keys, please? I have a ticket, I know. I was in the smoking section.
Conductor: It's OK, lady. Take your time.
Grandpa: I'm sure it's in your purse, Mrs.Tobin.
Elsa: Oh,here it is.
Grandpa: And here are your keys.
Elsa: Thank you.
Grandpa: Do you have family in New York?
Elsa: No, no.But do have very close friends in New York City. We like to go to the theater togther. You said you have family in New York.
Grandpa: Yes,indeed. A son and his wife and their three children-my grandchildren.
Elsa: You must be excited.
Grandpa: I can't wait, to see them!
Elsa: Are you going to live with them?
Grandpa: Yes.
Elsa: Permanently?
Grandpa: Well...they want me to, but it's too early to know for sure.I'm pretty independent. I tried to teach my kids the importance of independence, but I'm not sure I want to be alone. Some people don't mind being alone.I do.
Elsa: I understand. But tell me. Why did you stop working?
Grandpa: I retired because... I wanted to be with my family. I didn't want to be alone anymore!

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