Do you believe that children are merely shrunken, more narrow-minded adults?
...So her panicked expression was ugly too. Her features twisted together, and her mouth hung open stupidly. Her scream reached my ears in broken, sluggish fragments. Then her head struck the stone wall of the flower bed with a heavy thud, and pain contorted her whole face. Ah, the doll was broken. Dirt stained her white teddy bear T-shirt, and bright red blood seeped from her scalp. I looked down at her. Lying on the ground, she looked just like a broken petal embedded in the mud, something that made me want to step on her.
Theme: School bullying, family education, and the good and evil of human nature.
