Book: In Watermelon Sugar
Quotes of Book: In Watermelon Sugar
We're just like you,' the other tiger said. 'We speak the same language you do. We think the same thought. But we're tigers.''You could help me with arithmetic,' I said.'What's that?' one of the tigers said.'My arithmetic.''Oh, your arithmetic.''Yeah.''What do you want to know?' one of the tigers said.'What's nine times nine?''Eighty-one,' a tiger said.'What's eight times eight?''Fifty-six,' a tiger said.I asked them half of dozen other questions: six times six, seven times four, etc. I was having a lot of trouble with arithmetic. Finally the tigers got bored with my questions and told me to go away.'OK,' I said. 'I'll go outside.''Don't go too far,' one of the tigers said. 'We don't want anyone to come up here and kill us.''OK.'They both went back to eating my parents. I went outside and sat down by the river. 'I'm an orphan,' I said. book-quote