There's Something Nice And Safe About Having

The Way I See It, The Difference Between Farmers And Suburbanites Is The Difference In The Way We Feel About Dirt. To Them, The Earth Is Something To Be Respected And Preserved, But Dirt Gets No Respect. A Farmer Likes Dirt. Suburbanites Like To Get Rid Of It. Dirt Is The Working Layer Of Earth, And Dealing With Dirt Is As Much A Part Of Farm Life As Dealing With Manure. Neither Is User-friendly But Both Are Necessary.

Claudia Knew That She Could Never Pull Off The Old-fashioned Kind Of Running Away. That Is, Running Away In The Heat Of Anger With A Knapsack On Her Pack. She Didn't Like Discomfort; Even Picnics Were Untidy And Inconvenient: All Those Insects And The Sun Melting The Icing On The Cupcakes. Therefore, She Decided That Her Leaving Home Would Not Be Just Running From Somewhere But Would Be Running To Somewhere.

They Called Themselves The Souls. They Told Ms. Olinski That They Were The Souls Before They Were A Team, But She Told Them That They Were A Team As Soon As They Became The Souls. Then After A While, Teacher And Team Agreed That They Were Arguing Chicken-or-egg. Whichever Way It Began--chicken-or-egg, Team-or-the Souls--it Definitely Ended With An Egg. Definitely, An Egg.

There's Something Nice And Safe About Having Money.

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