Keep calm and don’t assume. In the short story “The Girl With Only 2 Arms and 2 Legs” there is a girl named Quarta who only has 2 arms and 2 legs and everyone else had 4 legs and 4 arms. It is written by Stuart Baum, the author shows that you shouldn’t assume things unless you know their true. A famous person once said before you assume you should try this crazy method called asking. Towards the beginning of the story when Quarta is about to go on a field trip the teachers assumed a bunch of things they shouldn’t have because they didn’t know it was true. For instance the teachers did not think that Quarta can not keep up with the class because she doesn’t have as many limbs so the teacher randomly assumes that she can’t keep up and she ends up doing plenty more than keep up. This shows that you shouldn’t assume unless you know because the teachers weren’t going let her go because they assumed she couldn’t keep up, and if they didn’t let Quarta go it would be unfair because she definitely could. his shows that you should not assume because the teachers assumed that she couldn’t keep up with the other kids because she only had 2 arms and 2 legs. …show more content…
In the end, after all those stupid assumptions, Quarta ends up saving Kako’s life by pulling him out of a pool after climbing over boulders and rocks which is significantly hard considering that she only has 2 arms and 2 legs. Also when Quarta went to save Kako the teachers sent 2 students after her thinking she would fail and get hurt if the teacher didn’t send 2 students after her. This shows that you should not assume before you know it’s true because the teachers