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THESTRANGECHILDRENOFtheManmensvitzenderfamilydidnotgotoschoolsoweonlyknew

theyhadmovedintotheoldhouseonthehillbecauseBobbyhadwatchedthemmoveinwiththeir

strangeassortmentofrockingchairsandgoats.Wecouldntimaginehowanyonewouldlivethere,

wherethewindowswereallbrokenandtheyardwasthornywithbrambles.Forawhileweexpected

toseethechildren,twodaughterswho,Bobbysaid,hadhairlikesmokeandeyeslikeblackolives,

atschool.Buttheynevercame.

Wewereinthefourthgrade,thatagethatseemslikewakingfromalongslumberintotheworldthe

adultsimposed,streetswewerentallowedtocross,thingswewerentallowedtosay,andcrossing

them,andsayingthem.ThemysteriousManmensvitzenderchildrenwerejustanotherinaseriesof

revelationsthatyear,includingthemuchmoreexciting(andsometimesdisturbing)evolutionofour

bodies.Ourparents,withoutexception,hadraiseduswiththissubjectsothoroughlyexploredthat

LisaBittenknewhowtosayvaginabeforesheknewheraddressandRalphLinsterdeliveredhislittle

brother,Petey,whenhismotherwentintolaboronenightwhenitsuddenlystartedsnowingbeforehis

fathercouldgethome.Buttherealsignificanceofthisinformationdidntstarttosinkinuntilthatyear.

Wewerewakingtothewondersoftheworldandthebody;thestrangerealizationsthatafriendwas

cute,orstinky,orpickedhernose,orwasfat,orworedirtyunderpants,orhadeyesthatdidntblink

whenhelookedatyourealcloseandailofasuddenyoufeltlikeblushing.

Whenthecrabappletreeblossomedabrilliantpink,buzzingwithhoneybees,andourteacher,Mrs.

Graymoore,lookedoutthewindowandsighed,wepassednotesacrosstherowsandmadewild

plansfortheschoolpicnic,howwewouldambushherwithwaterballoonsandthrowpiesatthe

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