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Mom: What were you doing there? You were one of the first kids to help do
what?
Shadow: [Still thinking] Uhh...
Dad: Remember?
Mom: You were picking up what? And they were heavy.
Shadow: [With enthusiasm] Oh yeaaah! Oh my god! And I encouraged everyone.
There were like these cardboard big piles. They're like this [gesturing with
arms], this wide and then like up to here, and they were like so heavy.
They're like- Oh, let's see& [searching for the right words].
Dad: It was flooring.
Shadow: As big as this [gesturing to the large coffee table he's coloring on].
Mom: Bigger than that.
[I watched as the discussion changed from a debate between Shadow and his
parents to the family working together to tell me a story of Shadow’s altruism.
They were rightfully determined that I comprehend the magnitude of his
contribution.]
Shadow: No no no, yeah, bigger than this [still gesturing].
Dad: Twice as big.
Shadow: It was as heavy as this [gestures again to the coffee table]. It was as
heavy as this.
Mom: And what were you doing?
Shadow: Only, I was like... there was only like adults doing it.
Mom: Mhm. And you were helping, right? Yeah. And until everything was gone.
Shadow: Yeah. Some kids came over because they were like,
