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And it felt as if my folks were with me in some way, you know? Sometimes it felt like I was talking to my dad or mom or Becky, I mean my sister. And when it was about Tom Sawyer, then for me it was like talking to . . . some other boy.
Delta: I agree. I never thought about it, but I agree. Other people, those you know, are like shadows that are always there, wherever you are, either in a real place or a book.
Kappa: And they can be heroes from other books too!
Alpha: Yeah, Pinocchio fighting with Tom Sawyer! Guys, get real! We do not live in books.
Kappa: But it’s true! If you love Tom Sawyer as much as a real person, you talk to him a thousand times a day; he is there wherever you go! Delta is 100 percent right! . . . And Gamma . . . It’s totally like that!
Alpha: Hey, someone’s a little too excited here, don’t you think?
Kappa: Wait, Alpha, don’t you understand? This is just fantastic! You always have your folks with you! Real ones and art heroes! You always have them!
Teacher: Actually, when you say “real ones,” you don’t mean . . . “physical ones,” do you?
Beta: Wow!
Delta: What?
Gamma: I got it.
Kappa: What?
Alpha: People, it is all your fantasy and has nothing to do with real reality. I’m telling you, get real. After all, we got the question to answer—why do we read books? I don’t feel that we are one step closer to an answer.
Beta: Wow! Wow!
Alpha: What? Cat got your tongue?
Gamma: I am saying wow too.
Teacher: Thank you, students.
Kappa: What is this? Say something already!
Gamma: Wait, I am thinking.
Beta: Oh, that is cool.
Kappa: Come on, both of you! Let us in on it!
Gamma: All right. Do you know, who is your president?
Kappa: Our president today?