Reading Comprehension for the TEST

hi my dear students ;D I have this reading for you....


Why? :$ well cuz "probably" this reading is gonna be a part of the TEST :O
just read it and comprehend it ;D simple as that...
what topics are included in the test? Simple past and adjectives and a SURPRISE that if you have come to classes ;D you will be able to answer it.


CLOTHES ARE NOT INCLUDED




The Runaway




My name is Uma.

I was 17 when I ran away from home for good .

I stole $45 from my Dad’s drawer one morning.

He had already left for work.

I stuffed some clothes in my backpack.

I headed for the bus station.

I caught the first bus that came in.

It did not matter to me where I was going.

It just mattered that I was leaving.

I ended up in Springfield, Massachusetts.

I got here around sunset.

My first night here I was scared.

I was alone.

I slept behind an old store so no one would see me.

It was December. I was so cold.

Today, I am still in Springfield. I am 28-years-old. I have a kid who is 11.

I wait tables at a restaurant. The food is not so good. The people who eat there are not so nice.

I think about my dad sometimes.

“Do I have a grandma?” my kid asks.

“No,” I say.

“Do I have a grandpa?” he asks.

“Not to speak of,” I say. That is when I think of my dad.

I think about what he is doing.

I think about if he misses me or not.

I don’t miss him much at all.

But it’s nice to feel like someone misses you.