sitifan
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- Joined
- Dec 30, 2006
- Member Type
- Retired English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Taiwan
- Current Location
- Taiwan
This morning, Bradley waited till my mom's back was turned. Then he dropped a fat, dead horsefly into my cereal. I stared down at the fly floating on top of the milk.
"Yucko," Bradley said. "You don't want that, do you, Matt? There's a dead fly in it."
He pulled the bowl away from me, tilted it to his face, and drank the cereal down. Then he spit the fly onto the floor. "Not bad," he said, using Livvy's sleeve to wipe his mouth. "A little soggy."
"Let go of me!" Livvy cried.
He snapped his fingers an inch from her nose. He thinks that's totally funny. Livvy hates it.
Mom has no idea what a pain Bradley is.
She was cleaning something at the sink. "Mom, can I have another bowl of cereal?" I asked.
"No seconds, Matt," she replied without turning around. "You've got to watch your weight. Your big swim meet is coming up soon, remember?"
Source: https://storybundle.com/books/3915
What does the expression "no seconds" mean in the above quotation?
"Yucko," Bradley said. "You don't want that, do you, Matt? There's a dead fly in it."
He pulled the bowl away from me, tilted it to his face, and drank the cereal down. Then he spit the fly onto the floor. "Not bad," he said, using Livvy's sleeve to wipe his mouth. "A little soggy."
"Let go of me!" Livvy cried.
He snapped his fingers an inch from her nose. He thinks that's totally funny. Livvy hates it.
Mom has no idea what a pain Bradley is.
She was cleaning something at the sink. "Mom, can I have another bowl of cereal?" I asked.
"No seconds, Matt," she replied without turning around. "You've got to watch your weight. Your big swim meet is coming up soon, remember?"
Source: https://storybundle.com/books/3915
What does the expression "no seconds" mean in the above quotation?
