strange , he thought , that i ca n't add that . it would sound like a melon being smashed , dull , sticky-hollow . the leather tongue of his belt flipped free of the buckle . the tree might as well have asked why fish could n't be birds . while others seemed to love the violence and fury of murdering a human ? he ca n't do anything without the press making an issue of it . '' others had laid out the supplies that would be needed , including hammer and nails . clearly he was lying through his teeth . 