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elieved that it was a hardship to be young, that it was more difficult to be a teenager than a grown-up-an opini I have fallen into a bad habit here: I buy The New York Times almost every day. Former kings and shepherds sat in silence; former donkeys did not come forth-and donkeys came in two parts; the hind part of the donkey never got to see the pageant. There are always Christmas parties.

Out of fondness for my grandmother-who was his oldest-living customer, and his only customer who always In the years I'd known Owen, the issue of how strange his parents were-not only about children -had never been discussed between us. You've permitted yourself a fatal and childish indulgence, you've done something one of the boys mig But we're his parents'.