I didn't dare turn,īut in the corner of my eye I could see him So I didn't dare look when I heard the door creak open. But, as narrator and protagonist, I am not Youįantasy, and I won't tell you that there is any Me too, I thought, but I didn't dare say it. I didn't dare ride back past the Dell, so I'd have to So!' Dad replied, sounding like a teenager on a dare.
Tongue was in the way, and I was tongue-tied He groaned andĪcted like my mouth hurt and didn't want to talk. Truth is there were other fineĪssholes as 'rosebuds.' That's an abstractedĪnd, dare I say, romanticized description of what essentially I took to going for walks around the block.