When I was young, my parents ran a snack bar in our small town.
   One evening in early April, my mother told me to fill in at the snack bar   36  a worker who had the flu. I told her I would mess it up,   37  I had never worked at the bar before. I   38  that instead of making money, I would end up owing it. 
   “You can do it,” said my mother, “ 39 , you won’t get much business until lunch.”
   “But I’ll never remember the orders, and I’m no good   40  money. Please, Mom, don’t   41  me.
   “Then I’ll help you,” she said.