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andru235 " ``Afraid to go out?`` I asked.

"Since they tried to think of themselves as adults, they didn't really care for my question.

" ``Not really,`` said the thoughtful one, ``but that doesn't mean we have to go running around out there just to prove something to you.``

"I knew she would bear watching.

" ``Choose then!`` I cried, as if my feelings were hurt. ``Pay no attention to anything I say.`` I knew they couldn't afford not to listen to me entirely ... "

--not "c.m."
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