Call Me Ruth

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~llaptcl J<br > In the old country， my name was Rifka and m <br >mother s name was Faigel. But when we came to Americ，n<br >I became Ruth and my mother became Fanny.<br > Our names changed at the same time but I became al<br >American first. Even before our ship sailed into Nex<br >York Harbor and I saw the Statue of Liberty holding u<br >her lamp for me， even before that， while I was waitin<br >for Papa to send us our steamship tickets， I was ready.<br > I think I was ready all the years of my life， which wer<br >eight， when the letter finally came. Mama and I wer<br >down by the river with the other women， washing out th<br >clothes. Mama was standing barelegged in the water， he<br >skirts hiked up around her waist， rinsing off the larg(<br > ~hito Pnl~cl~ror tnhlorlnth fnr tho hnllclnv hnct i11~t onct~C<br >