Once upon a time, a family moved into a new home. The home
held every possible convenience, every invention that could possibly make work
easier.
As the family lived in the home day after day, they used
each appliance, one after another, for the very first time. One of these
fantastical devices, the dishwasher, pleased none of the family.
“This won’t fit!”
“The cups are all wet!”
“Are the plates supposed to clank like that?”
“This bowl fell over—is that soap inside?”
Their cries of distress and distaste filled the new home.
The situation grew more and more terrible until one day, the youngest child
stepped forward.
“I will solve this problem,” the child vowed.
At bus stops, in waiting rooms, and in the wee hours before sleep,
the child pored over the dishwasher manual. The young one read and learned,
learned and read. The child studied diagrams and troubleshooting charts until
one day it all became clear.
“I know how we are meant to place our dishes!” the child
announced.
Slowly and patiently, patiently and slowly, the child shared
this newfound knowledge with each member of the family. There were places made
for plates, slots for silverware, beds for bowls, and grooves for glasses. When
all had been shown, the child knew that the dishwasher would now become a
blessing in their new home.
“We will have clean, dry, unchipped dishes!” the child
rejoiced.
Until one day, the dirty plates were once again out of
place, the bowls out of their beds, the silverware out of its slots, and the
glasses out of their grooves! Once again, the dishes were clanking, wet, and
soapy. What had happened to dishwashing in their new home?
Quickly and carefully, carefully and quickly, the child replaced
each plate, bowl, glass, and piece of silver. With each put each in its proper place,
she started the fantastical appliance. Once again the dishes shone, dry and
clean!
All was well in the new home. And, since the child never
failed to rearrange each dish that was found out of place, all remained well.
And that, my dear ones, is how Dishwasher Rearrangers came
to be.
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