Daze 2- Bringing in the Mail

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When you think about differnt careers, do you ever imagine what it would be like to be a mail carrier? I didn't, unitl I met a __________ man who comes to our house __________ times a week. His name is Al and he __________ been our mail carrier for the past __________ years.

If you think that going from __________ to house slipping letters into mailboxes __________ like an easy job, let me __________ Al's work. Our family calls him "the Amazing Al." He __________ under difficult conditions. The houses in our __________ are a mile or more from __________ another, and the temperatures are often __________. We live in a hot, dry, __________ desert area of southern Arizona.

Al __________ an established route from house to __________ in our community, delivering and collecting __________. On a typical workday, he begins at__________ in the morning at the Yavapai County Post Office, __________ miles away. He arranges all the __________ in the order in which he'll __________ it. Then he makes sure that he __________ plenty of stamps and other materials for __________ who need them.

Because the distances between __________ in our area are so great, Al __________ his truck on the route. To __________ the route would take several days. He __________ has a few minutes to stop for a __________ at our house. In the hottest __________ of the year, my mother always __________ a tall glass of cool lemonade __________ for him. My sister and I __________ give him cookies we have baked. I like to __________ to h im about his job. He __________ me that he enjoys his work. He __________ it even dwhen it means delivering __________ on blistering hot days or in the __________ of blinding windstorms.

In addition to __________ and collecting mail, Al gives out __________ -of-address cards and other forms, and __________ questions about mail service. He also __________ stamps and money orders. He even __________ money for parcels and certified letters that his __________ send.

Al participates in community __________ for elderly or ill persons in our __________, too. Even if there's no mail to __________ or deliver, he knocks on doors to __________ on these people, to make sure __________ all right. If they need anything, Al __________ notify someone who can help them. __________ month, he knocked on the door of our __________. When she didn't answer the door, Al __________ around to the back yard where he __________ her sitting on the ground. She had __________ off a ladder while clearing debris from the __________ and broken her ankle. Al acted as a __________ as she hopped indoors. He also __________ sure that she got the help she __________.

When Al is finished with his __________ , he returns to the post office. He __________ the mail he has gathered and __________ the money he has collected from __________ stamps or accepting parcels to mail. __________ long workday is over.