THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, October 5, 1996             TAG: 9610040163
SECTION: DAILY BREAK             PAGE: E1   EDITION: FINAL 
SERIES: Rites of Passage
        A celebration of Life, From Birth to Old Age, in Words and Pictures,
        in Seven Parts.

        Part 2

SOURCE: BY DIANE TENNANT, STAFF WRITER 
                                            LENGTH:   43 lines

RITES OF PASSAGE: PART TWO: PUBERTY

Imagine a 13-year-old. Imagine a telephone.

``Hello?. . . Yeah. . . Oh, I hate him. . . I know. . . Well, your mom's not gonna let you go. . . What are you watching? I can hear that commercial with the violins playin'. . . Hold on, there's another call. . . Hello?. . . Um, no, could I take a message?. . . Sure. . . Sorry, it was someone for my sister.. . . Um, I don't know.. . . Well, they'll call back. . . Hold on, there's another call. . . Hello?. . . Um, no. . . OK. Bye.. . . Sorry. It was for Mom. . . So what are you watching?''

``Hello?. . . So, what's up? . . . Shut up. . . I can't believe we saw Dirk with Shelby.. . . I know. She is soooo majorly fat. . . No, he doesn't like me. . . Who told you that?. . . OK, whatever. . . Hold on, there's another call. . . 'kay, I'm back. I painted my toenails. They're, like, dark red. And I painted my fingernails blue. . . No! . . . Why?. . . Well, I know. Yeah, he's nice. . . OK, later.''

``Hey, it's me. Guess who I saw at the movies? I saw Chris. . . I know. . . And she was wearing a university shirt. I was, like, freak. . . Yeah. . . Then I saw Bill and Jamal. . . Then I saw, oh, my God, who else did I see? I saw one more person. . . Oh, I saw Rob and Eric. I was, like, oh, my GOD when I saw them. . . Um, I asked Eric if he had a quarter for a token. And then he goes, no, so then I asked Rob and he was, like, sure. . . He's really nice. He's cute. . . Hold on. What? Dad! I've only been on five seconds. . . Like, five minutes. . . OK. OK. . . Sorry. Dad wants me to get off the phone. . . Oh, I know. But Rob's 14. . . Keith? Oh, my God. He's cute. Hold on. OK! I'm getting off the phone!'' ILLUSTRATION: Photos by Beth Bergman

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