“I don’t like John,” she told her husband. “ don’t you like John?” he asked his wife. said that John said bad things about Americans. said Americans are lazy. He said Americans are . He said Americans are selfish. He said Americans unfriendly. John said the people in his country ’t lazy. The people in his country aren’t greedy. people in his country aren’t selfish. The people his country aren’t unfriendly. “But John is new ,” said her husband. “He doesn’t know anyone yet. doesn’t have any friends. When he has new , he will change his mind. He will say things. He will say good things about Americans.” told his wife to be patient. She didn’t to be patient. “A new person shouldn’t say things,” she said. “He should go back to country.”