Don't Make Me Smile (2011)
“Some people go nuts. Others just act like nothing has happened at all.
I always used to wonder which kind of person I was. Now I know.
I’m the kind who goes nuts.
I started going nuts the day after my father told me about the divorce.
My mother knocked on my door at the regular time to get me up for school.
“Are you awake, Charles?” she called.
I didn’t answer. I must admit, I was getting pretty good at not answering. It’s really very easy. All you have to do is not open your mouth.
To me, the greatest thing about not answering is that no one can make you do it if you don’t want to. That makes it very special. Because when you think about it, there aren’t too many things your parents can’t make you do if they really try hard enough.
Take mowing the lawn for instance.
One time I totally refused to mow the lawn. It was about a hundred and fifty degrees outside, and the grass was about a foot high. So when my mother told me to go out and cut it, I told her, “Later.”
“No, not later, Charles,”
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