Цветы для Элджернона

           IdintknowitthenbutIguessIknowitnowthatshethoughtIwasgoingtohurtthebabybecauseIwastoodumbtoknowwhatIwasdoing.NowthatmakesmefeelbadbecauseIwouldneverofhurtthebaby.

           WhenIgotoDrStrausofficeIgottotellhimaboutthat.

           April6

           Today,Ilearned,thecomma,thisis,a,comma(,)aperiod,with,atail,MissKinnian,saysits,importent,because,itmakeswriting,better,shesaid,somebody,couldlose,alot,ofmoney,ifacomma,isntin,theright,place,Igot,somemoney,thatI,savedfrom,myjob,andwhat,thefoundation,paysme,butnot,muchand,Idont,seehow,acomma,keeps,youfrom,losingit,

           But,shesays,everybody,usescommas,soIll,usethem,too,,,,

           April7

           Iusedthecommawrong.itspunctuation.MissKinniantoldmetolookuplongwordsinthedictionarytolearntospellthem.Isaidwhatsthedifferenceifyoucanreaditanyway.ShesaiditspartofyoureducationsofromnowonIlllookupallthewordsImnotsurehowtospell.IttakesalongtimetowritethatwaybutIthinkImre­memberingmoreandmore.

           AnywaythatshowcomeIgotthewordpunctuationright.Itsthatwayinthedictionary.MissKinniansaysaperiodispunctuationtoo,andtherearelotsofothermarkstolearn.ItoldherIthoughtshemeantalltheperiodshadtohavetailsandbecalledcommas.Butshesaidno.

           Shesaid;You,got.to-mix?them!up:Sheshowd?me"how,tomix!them;up,andnow!Ican.mix(upall?kindsofpunctuation—in,my.writing!There"arelots,ofrules;tolearn?but.