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Authors: Joel Cobbs

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Ho
w
'
s
i
t
go
i
n
',
Ro
b
?

I
s
h
r
u
gg
e
d.

“O
k
a
y
,
I
gue
ss
.

“W
h
y
do
y
o
u
s
ay
th
a
t
?

“W
e
l
l,
my
m
oth
e
r
d
id
j
u
st
d
i
e
.
I
'm
no
t
ex
a
c
t
ly
d
o
i
n
g
g
r
e
a
t.


H
a
s
it
aff
e
c
te
d
a
n
y
th
i
ng
?

“W
h
a
t
?”


He
r
d
e
a
th
.
H
as
it
m
e
ss
e
d
a
ny
t
h
i
n
g
u
p
in
a
ny
w
a
y
?”
I
sh
r
u
g
ge
d
a
n
d
l
ooke
d
a
r
ou
n
d
t
h
e
r
oo
m.
He
'd
a
dded
s
o
me
w
e
i
r
d
po
s
te
r
s,
bu
t
I
c
ou
ld
n
't
m
a
k
e
he
ads
o
r
t
a
ils
o
f
th
e
p
ic
t
u
r
e
s.


Th
a
t
'
s
E.
E.
Cu
mmi
ng
s
,

h
e
s
a
id,
r
e
f
e
rr
i
n
g
t
o
th
e
p
ic
t
u
r
e
I
w
as
l
ook
i
n
g
a
t
.

He
's
n
o
t
kno
wn
f
o
r
h
is
p
ai
nt
i
ng
s,
bu
t
th
a
t
'
s
on
e
o
f my
fa
vo
r
i
te
s.
R
ep
li
c
a,
o
f
c
ou
r
s
e
.
T
h
e
r
e
a
l
one
s
c
o
st
m
one
y
.
Ho
w
'
s w
o
r
k
been
?”

“It's
been
oka
y
.
Everyo
n
e
is
being
nice
about
Mom
m
a
a
nd ev
e
r
y
t
hing.”

“That
'
s goo
d
.
How
m
a
ny
of them have
you
t
a
l
k
ed
t
o
?


T
alked
to?
T
alked to
a
b
o
ut
w
hat
?


He
r
d
e
a
t
h
a
n
d
w
h
at
a
l
l
y
ou
're
g
o
i
n
g
t
h
r
o
u
gh.

I
t
h
oug
h
t
f
o
r a
m
i
nut
e
.
None
.
I
hone
s
t
ly
c
ou
ld
s
a
y

no
n
e
”,
so
I
did.

“O
k
a
y.

H
e
p
a
u
s
e
d. “
H
a
v
e
yo
u
exp
r
es
s
e
d
y
ou
r
f
ee
l
i
ng
s
a
b
o
ut
t
h
is
to
anyone?”


Fee
li
ng
s
a
b
o
u
t
w
h
a
t
?”
I
w
a
s
p
la
y
i
n
g
s
tup
id.
I
kne
w
w
h
at
h
e
w
as
t
al
k
i
n
g
a
b
o
ut
,
I
j
u
st
did
n
't
w
a
nn
a
a
n
sw
e
r.
H
e
kne
w
th
is
a
n
d
g
a
v
e
me
th
i
s
r
e
a
lly
st
r
a
n
g
e
l
o
o
k
.

No..
.
N
o
I
h
a
ven
'
t.

“W
h
y
not
?


C
a
u
se
i
t
'
s
no
t
im
po
r
t
a
nt!

I
'd
be
c
o
me
a
g
i
t
a
t
e
d
wi
t
h
h
i
m.


It
's
'
no
t
i
m
po
r
t
a
nt
'
?”

“W
h
at
a
r
e
y
ou
,
a
p
ar
r
ot
?
No
,
i
t
'
s
no
t
im
po
r
t
a
nt.

“R
ob
e
r
t
,
y
o
u
'
r
e
m
oth
e
r
di
e
d.
Th
a
t
's
p
r
ett
y
im
po
r
t
a
nt.

“L
o
o
k
,
i
t d
oe
s
n
't
ma
tte
r
th
o
ugh
.
T
h
e
y d
on
't
c
a
r
e w
h
a
t
's
go
i
n
g
o
n
in
my
l
if
e.


Ho
w
do
y
o
u
k
n
o
w
?”

“B
e
c
a
u
se
the
y
j
u
st
d
on
'
t
.
I
w
ou
ld
n
't
c
a
r
e
i
f
a
nyth
i
n
g
li
k
e
th
at
w
as
go
i
n
g
o
n
wi
t
h
the
m
.

“R
e
a
ll
y
?
I
fi
n
d
th
at
h
a
r
d
t
o
be
l
i
e
ve.

“W
hy
?

I
r
e
g
r
ett
e
d
it
t
h
e
m
o
m
en
t
I
s
a
id
i
t
.
M
y
sto
mach
w
a
s
i
n
knot
s
j
u
st
li
k
e
be
f
o
r
e...
w
h
e
n
I
ye
ll
e
d
a
t
Mo
m.

“B
e
c
a
u
se
yo
u
h
a
v
e
a
b
ig
he
a
r
t
.
I
'
v
e
s
pok
e
n
t
o
y
o
u
r
D
ad,
M
r
s.
M
a
d
is
on
,
a
n
d
oth
e
r
s
w
h
o
k
n
o
w
y
o
u
.
A
ll
o
f
t
h
e
m
s
e
e
a
l
o
t
o
f
l
ov
e
in
yo
u
.
Y
o
u
en
j
o
y
peop
l
e
,
l
e
a
r
n
i
n
g
the
ir
s
to
r
i
e
s
a
n
d
w
h
at
h
a
s
made
the
m
w
h
o
the
y
a
r
e
no
w.
I
c
ou
ld
n
't
s
e
e
y
o
u
no
t
c
a
r
i
n
g
a
bou
t s
o
m
eth
i
n
g
l
i
k
e
th
is
.

I
w
a
s
q
u
i
e
t
.
I
t
w
a
s
t
r
u
e
,
a
ll
o
f
i
t
.
I
f
on
e
o
f
my f
r
i
en
ds
h
ad
l
o
st
the
ir
Mo
m,
I
'd
'
v
e
bee
n
the
re
i
mm
e
d
i
a
t
e
l
y
,
no
t
ca
r
i
n
g f
o
r
a
m
o
m
en
t
w
h
at
w
as
go
i
n
g
on
.
M
y
f
r
i
e
n
ds
h
ad
t
r
i
e
d,
I
kno
w
th
e
y
h
ad,
bu
t
it
w
a
s
n
't
th
e
s
am
e
.
I
t
j
u
st
w
a
sn
't
th
e
s
a
m
e
.


He
a
r
d
yo
u
c
a
n
c
e
l
e
d
yo
u
r
da
te,

h
e
s
a
id
ma
tte
r
-
o
f-f
a
c
t
l
y
.


Th
a
t
'
s
r
i
ght.

“W
hy
'd
yo
u
do
i
t
?”


I
'm
j
u
st
no
t
r
e
ady
t
o
d
a
t
e.

“W
hy
's
th
a
t
?

“L
o
o
k
at
m
e
,
Do
c.
D
o
I
l
oo
k
li
k
e
I
nee
d
t
o
b
e
d
a
t
i
ng
?
I
c
ou
ld
f
ly
o
ff
th
e
h
a
n
dle
w
i
t
h
th
e
ne
x
t
p
e
r
s
o
n
th
at
r
ub
s
me
th
e
w
r
on
g
w
a
y
, s
o
m
eth
i
n
g
I
'
v
e
do
n
e
i
n my
w
ild
e
st
dr
e
a
ms.
I
c
ou
ld
n
't l
e
t
th
at
h
a
ppe
n
t
o
a
g
i
r
l.
I
'd
h
a
t
e
m
y
s
e
lf
f
o
r
th
e
r
e
st
o
f
my
l
if
e.

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