The airport in Peru was on strike. No flights were taking off or landing. Mr. Faigelbaum might not make it home in time for Yom Kippur!
The telephone call from Peru came a few days before Yom Kippur. Mr. Faigelbaum was there to research the rare fulvous whistling duck.
It was a little hard to hear him, but his news was clear. The airport in Peru was on strike. No flights were taking off or landing. Mr. Faigelbaum might not make it home in time for Yom Kippur!
“Oh no!” cried Mrs. Faigelbaum. “Not home for Yom Kippur? How awful. What sort of Yom Kippur will you have there in Peru? You and the shrieking ducks?”
“You mean the fulvous whistling ducks,” Mr. Faigelbaum corrected her.
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