It doesn't bite.

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Lucretia frowned. "But Auntie..."

"He's our boy," said Lithia. "I found him."

"And we're going to keep him," said Lucretia.

"You will not." Aunt Imperia towered over them all. "All they're good for is heartache and..." She sniffed deeply. "All they're good for is heartache. And if they don't know how to bite properly, they'll certainly not know any of the other things that make the heartache almost worthwhile."

"What is she talking about?" asked Lucretia.

"I'm certain I don't know," said Lithia, for the first time in her life.



From The Evil Gazebo,
a children's book
by Bernie Mojzes,
illustrated by Linda Saboe.