id be happy because id get more attention from my mother . that was something i 'd learned right off the bat . i swung my bag around and dug for my zebra-striped car key , but when i came around the corner of the large marker my car was behind , i stopped dead in my tracks . side by side , supported by each other , they stared out the window . her fascination for insects was not strange to me as a child , but interesting . he squeezes his eyes , looking as though he 's in pain . 