M: That’s no problem. I’ll come by right now to look at the damage.

W: Okay. Come on over. But do I have to pay for this?

M: No. I will pay your friend and find out who did it later.

W: Fine! I’ll call my friend right now; he lives in Apartment 24, just the opposite of my apartment.

M: OK. I’ll come and check the damage soon after I change a bulb for Apartment 25.

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Grandma Moses was one of America’s most famous painters. Yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. She was born in New York, on September 7, 1860, the third of ten children.

She had a happy childhood and worked hard on their family farm. Her father enjoyed seeing the children’s drawings and would buy them plenty of blank newspaper upon which they could draw. The young Moses loved to draw happy, colorful scenes. She only attended school in the summer due to the cold and her lack of warm clothing. At twelve she began earning her living as a hired girl at homes near the family farm. In 1887 she married a farm worker, Thomas S. Moses, and the couple settled on a farm in Virginia. They had ten children, five of whom died at birth. In 1905 the family moved to Eagle Bridge, New York.

Her pictures were first sold at a local drugstore and a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Three of her pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in NewYork.