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The last time I saw my mom and dad, I was eight going on nine...
eight years, six months, and three days,
almost as old as you are.
They were going on tour, and they were leaving me behind for the first time.
Because they didn't want me missing any more school.
When they came to my room to say good-bye. I wouldn't open the door, so they left.
I fell asleep.
And then, the next thing I knew...
my nanny was waking me up in the middle of the night
telling me their plane had crashed.
You're lucky. - Lucky?
That you were mad.
See, when you're mad, you don't miss people,
and if you stay mad, it's like you never knew them at all.
That way you don't have to feel sucky about it.
You were lucky.
Night.
I wasn't mad, Ray.
I was confused.
Everyone was talking to me, talking, talking, talking
and I couldn't understand a word they were saying.
Then their voices became a blur...
and soon I couldn't even recognize their faces.
They were like these blobs.
Then they started to grow fangs...
and their eyes became green.
I knew I had to run away.
So I packed my knapsack, got on the train, looked up at the map,
and decided that I wanted to live in Coney Island.
I thought it was gonna be a real island...
and I could hide away there like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
Well, imagine my surprise.
The Teacups was the only ride they'd let me on by myself.
So I got on it and I started spinning myself round and round.
And I feel like I'm still there, spinning round and round and round,
and the ride won't stop,
and I won't dare get off.
You were right, Ray.
I am scared.
But you're scared, too.
You're as scared as I am.
And I thought maybe...
I thought maybe if we...
could go together...
years
voices
understand
thing
train
these
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their
telling
teacups
surprise
still
huckleberry
right
gonna
imagine
spinning
confused
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almost
saying
together
crashed
blobs
thought
decided
wanted
going
knapsack
fangs
myself
because
talking
sucky
about
plane
there
school
behind
coney
eight
round
asleep
could
started
people
island
leaving
middle
looked
faces
maybe
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waking
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never
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