The Suit That Was Too Long
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Dante rents a suit for his cousin's wedding, but the trousers are far too long on the big morning.
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Dante had no suit, so he rented one. It was for his cousin's wedding. The man at the shop gave him a blue jacket and trousers. Dante tried on the jacket. It was perfect. He paid and went home.
On the morning of the wedding, he put on the trousers. They were much too long. They went under his shoes and onto the floor.
"No, no, no," Dante said. He looked at the clock. The wedding was at noon. The shop was far away, and it was Saturday.
His aunt was in the kitchen, and she heard him. She came to the door and looked at the trousers. "Take them off," she said. "Quick."
She found a needle and a box of thread. She sat at the table and folded the bottom of one leg. Her hands moved fast. Dante stood in his shirt and waited. He drank three cups of coffee.
Twenty minutes later, she gave him the trousers. "Now the other leg," she said. Ten minutes after that, she was done.
Dante put them on. They fit, but one leg was a little shorter than the other. He looked at himself in the mirror.
"Nobody will see," his aunt said. "Just walk slowly."
At the wedding, Dante stood tall and smiled for all the photos. Nobody saw anything. Later, a man at his table said, "That is a nice suit." Dante only said thank you.
