He asks, "Why ...?"
You answer, "But ... but ... I thought I was doing a good thing.
Where I come from, fire is a bad thing, especially when a person is on
fire. I didn't know that the water would hurt him, honest, I didn't
know. I was just trying to help. I wouldn't want to hurt anyone.
"well, except maybe Janice at school because she is mean to
everyone. Just once, I would like to see her fall on her face or
something while she is walking down the hall at school, or maybe faint
into her plate of spaghetti at lunch or maybe have her laugh so heard
that her head would fall off and roll down the street. Yes, that's I
want to see."
She paused, then went on, "And that friend of hers! Matilda!
She's so mean, too. I want her to fall in the mud during gym class
when we have to run around the football field. Yes, that would be
good. And, of course, the mud would have to get in her hair and mess
it all up. She's so worried about her precious hair all the
time!"
The fireman holdsup a hand to make you stop talking. "See, you
are cruel! Why are you this way?" he asks again.
You stop to think about what he said.
You answer him, by saying, "...
The fireman asks you, "Why are you so cruel?"
