"The man who was almost a man" speaks of Dave, who had conflicts with gaining recognition and respect, because he was young. He wanted to grow up and become a man. For this he bought a weapon, thinking that it would make him grow as a man. Seeking power, he buys this weapon, to feel powerful, unstoppable. All these conflicts of the dave age led him to make some bad decisions. The story well specifies this when he accidentally shoots a mule, and he cannot sustain the excuse he made up for it, and when he decides to take a train and go to a city where he would be able to man up.
Vegetables play and important part in a healthy diet.
A lot of people are wasting water, by not drinking it all or let’s say your brushing your teeth and you keep the water running that’s wasting gallons just keeping it on, or let’s say you take a long shower, that wastes so many gallons of water.
1590–1600; sput- (variant of spout) + er cognate with Dutch sputteren
