They were always nice to Jess when he went over, but then they would suddenly begin talking about French politics or string quartets {which he at first thought was a square box made out of string}, or how to save the timber wolves or redwoods or singing whales, and he was scared to open his mouth and show once and for all how dumb he was.
( Katherine Paterson )
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