Ducks, Newburyport

the fact that I don’t know, but sometimes it just seems like there are too many tragedies in the world to be borne

we all had a big crush on Mr. Tykszynsky, especially after he got mixed up over Huck Finn one day and called him “F— Hinn,” the fact that that thrilled us, the F-word, the fact that he laughed, we all did, and after that he was always jokily hesitant whenever he had to mention Huck Finn