Forty-Five a Month, Out of Business Summary

Forty-Five a Month

Shanta wants to leave her class immediately. She is a young girl just learning her alphabet and how to tell time. Shanta's teacher sees that the girl is agitated and lets Shanta go home early. Shanta is trying to make sure she is ready to go to the movies by 5 pm. Shanta dresses to go to the movies by 5 pm. She dresses in her best clothes and make-up and even tries to find her father's office, but cannot. That morning, Shanta has asked that her father take her to the movies. The father is unhappy because he works overtime all the time, and has no time to be with his child, Shanta. Nevertheless, the father agrees to take the child to the movies. At the office, father, whose name is...