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Text A The Kindness of Strangers (Para 8-28) Para Place Person Help offered 11 Nebraska Two little old ladies Pick up the author 14 A trucker Pick up the author 15 Iowa A middle-aged couple Help to find a campground 15 South Dakota A woman Give a night’s lodging/two stamped post cards 16 Ukiah, Calif. A park ranger/ A college student Give some carrots/ Give sacks filled with organic tomatoes and melons 16 Iowa A woman Give bundles of graham crackers, two cans of soda, two cans of tuna, two apples and two pieces of chicken 17 Oregon A home painter-- Mike Give a bulky green Army-style jacket 18 Oregon A lumber-mill worker Give a bible 20-28 Jamestown, Tennessee Baxter Wilson, 59, the executive director Invite to spend the night in his house I rose early on September 6, 1994, hoisted a 50-pound pack onto my back and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge. Then I took a sign from my backpack, displaying my destination to passing vehicles: “America.” Drivers mouthed the word through windshields, then, smiled. Two women rode by on bicycles. “It’s a bit vague,” said one. A young man with a German accent wandered up and asked, “Where is this ‘America’?” Text A The Kindness of Strangers (Para 8-9) Indeed, for six weeks I tried to find out. I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, I discovered that others shared my fear. Folks were always warning me about someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming. In Nebraska I was warned that people would not be as nice in Iowa. Text A The Kindness of Strangers (Para 10) Yet I was treated with kindness in every state I traveled. I was amazed by the stubborn capacity of Americans to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests. One day in Nebraska a four-door sedan pulled to the road shoulder. When I reached the window, I saw two little old ladies dressed in their Sunday finest. “I know you’r