Chapter 21
In the morning while Supergirl awoke she found several vanilla
envelopes on her bureau and a letter. "Greetings,
Kara!" the letter began. "These envelopes contain a
manuscript written by Arthur Kent. He was a sociologist who has
spent the last twenty years studying a group of natives in
Tazmania. They were recently wiped out in a flash flood, all but
for one senile old woman and some very little children. The girl
mentioned in the manuscript was a half cast, him and his wife
June adopted. Read through the manuscript, familiarize yourself
with everything so if people ask you about it you'll be able to
tell them about things. This is a very convenient identity, as
these Kents are distant relations of Kal-El's mother. Darklight."
Supergirl put down the letter, picked up the manuscripts, and
with incredible speed began toread through them. In but a few
minutes she had been through all six envelopes. A tear trickled
won her cheek when she put the last one away. "Why couldn't
they have been saved?" she muttered. She got up and tried on
some of her clothes. She chose a tight pair of shorts and a
blouse, picked up a bra and eyed it curiously. She went
downstairs and made for the kitchen. "Auntie," she
called out, "this might be embarrassing but I don't know how
to wear this thing and I suppose I should get used to doing
it." She entered the kitchen, found Mrs. Kent standing at
the stove and a handsome young man sitting at the table, his eyes
wide, and his mouth hanging open.
"Laura, dear," Mrs. Kent managed, "this is Bob
Harrison. Him and his family help me run the farm. Bob, this is
my niece Laura. She's going to be staying with me for a few weeks
'til she goes off to college."
"Oh!" Supergirl managed with a smile. "I'd love to
see how the farm is worked. Could I follow him around
today?"
Mrs. Kent took the bra from her hand, turned her
around, and said "I'm sure Bob will enjoy that! Come along!
I'll show you how to wear this."
"I most certainly will!" Bob managed. "I'm going
to college too, this semester. Metropolis University?"
Supergirl looked to Mrs. Kent who nodded. "Yes!" she
answered. "Give me a moment. *I'd like some of that
breakfast too!"
Supergirl learned a lot about Earth people in the next few days,
especially an interesting custom called kissing! Bob taught her
quite a bit about that!
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