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OnewintereveningasIsatreading，myyoungson，Luke，aroachedmychairinshysilence。Hestoodjustoutsidethehalf-moonoflightmadebyanoldbrassstudentlamIcherish。Itoncelightedmydoctorfathersofficedesk。
Inthosedays，LukelikedtoaroachmewithhismostseriousroblemswhenIwasreading。Theyearbefore，hedidthiswheneverIwasworkinginthegarden。Perhas，hefeltmostateasewithdifficultieswhenIwasdoingwhathewasgettingreadytodo。Whenhewasinterestedingrowingthings，helearnedtolantseedsandleavetheminthegroundinsteadofdiggingthemutheverynextmorningtoseeiftheyhadgrown。Nowhewasbeginningtoreadtohimself-althoughhewouldntadmittomethathecoulddothat。
Ilookedufrommyaer，andhegavemehiswide-oengrin。Thenhisexressionturnedabrutlyserious，anot-too-flatteringimitationofme。“Ibrokemysaw，”hesaid，withdrawingthetoyfrombehindhisback。“Here。”
HedidntaskifIcouldfixit。HistrustthatIcouldwasacomlimentfromasmallboytothemiraclefixeroftricycles，wagonsandassortedtoys。Thesawsbluelastichandlehadsnaed。Myfather，whotreasuredthetoolsofallrofessions，wouldnothavearovedofalastic-handledsaw。
Isaid，“Thereareiecesmissing。Doyouhavethem?”
Heoenedhisclenchedfisttorevealtheremainingfragments。Ididnotseehowthesawcouldberoerlymended。
Hewatchedmeintently，hisexressionrevealingabsoluteconfidencethatIcoulddoanything。Thatlookstirredmemories。Iexaminedthesawwithgreatcare，turningoverthebrokeniecesinmyhandsasIturnedovertheastinmymind。
WhenIwasseven，IdgonetomyfathersofficeafterschooloneNovemberday。MyfatherwasclearlythebestdoctorwithinathousandmilesofthesmallOhioRivertownwherewelived。Healwaysastonishedme-andhisatients-bythethingshecoulddo。Hecouldnotonlyhealwhateverwasthematterwithanyone，buthecouldalsobreakahorse，carveatoandslidedownLongHillonmysled，standingu!Ilikedtohangaroundhiswaitingroomandheareolecallme“littleDoc”，andIlikedthewayhisatientsalwayslookedbetterwhentheylefthisoffice。
