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My first day in kindergarten, a bottom house class in Uitvlugt Casbah. Teacher: Miss Waterman. Brand new slate and pencil. Her son Randolph Waterman sat next to me. He knew the drill and made me comfortable. When class dismissed, Randolph got beef soup lunch while I waited for my mother to pick me up. Randolph gave me a piece of beef. Born in a Hindu family, that was my first taste of beef. Back at home I asked my mother to buy beef. She got the truth out of me and warned sternly not to eat at Miss Waterman's again.

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