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           InVermontthreeofJack’sfellowfacultymembershadhadchildrenaboutDanny’sage-andtherebadbeenthepreschool-butinthisneighborhoodtherewasnooneforhimtoplaywith.MostoftheapartmentswereoccupiedbystudentsattendingCU,andofthefewmarriedcoupleshereonArapahoeStreet,onlyatinypercentagehadchildren.Shehadspottedperhapsadozenofhighschoolorjuniorhighschoolage,threeinfants,andthatwasall.

           "Mommy,whydidDaddylosehisjob?"

           Shewasjoltedoutofherreverieandflounderingforananswer.SheandJackhaddiscussedwaystheymighthandlejustsuchaquestionfromDanny,waysthathadvariedfromevasiontotheplaintruthwithnovarnishonit.ButDannyhadneverasked.Notuntilnow,whenshewasfeelinglowandleastpreparedforsuchaquestion.Yethewaslookingather,maybereadingtheconfusiononherfaceandforminghisownideasaboutthat.Shethoughtthattochildrenadultmotivesandactionsmustseemasbulkingandominousasdangerousanimalsseenintheshadowsofadarkforest.Theywerejerkedaboutlikepuppets,havingonlythevaguestnotionswhy.Thethoughtbroughtherdangerouslyclosetotearsagain,andwhileshefoughtthemoffsheleanedover,pickedupthedisabledglider,andturneditoverinherhands.

           "Yourdaddywascoachingthedebateteam,Danny.Doyourememberthat?"

           "Sure,"hesaid."Argumentsforfun,right?"

           "Right.

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