From curiousity why does just coming from Africa make sense when asking for
a wheelchair?  I'm not sure that i follow the logic of the story.

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From: Shirley Kathryn Woods <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: Unforgettable exhibit


> The Mask of King Tutanhkamun during the 1974 tour in the US of King Tut's
> treasures.  My parents and I were back in the States for only a few weeks
> (living in Africa at the time). The line around the National Gallery
> wrapped the building 5 times.  My mom stood in line for tickets and missed
> them by two people.  So she asked the guard at the door if she could get a
> wheelchair for her daughter as we had just come from Africa.  She came and
> got me out of ring 4 and said "Look pale, we're going in."  (I was so
> scared the guards were going to know I wasn't really sick that it was easy
> for me to look pale the whole time!) I got to see the whole exhibit from
> the comfort of a wheelchair but had to stand when we saw the Mask--I'd
seen
> a hundred pictures of it before, but nothing prepared me for the beauty
and
> wonder of seeing it in person.
> Incidentally, my mom made me push her around the rest of the National
> Gallery that day.
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