Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit
When Beth was a student nurse during World War II, she was chubby. Food rations were limited in Holland and they assumed she was getting a little extra food somewhere. They cut her ration in half.
When Dirk landed in New York, on his way from Holland to California, he spoke English with a heavy accent. The 500 dollars he saved up for the rest of the trip was promptly stolen from him by a pickpocket.