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creations in ways we can't see. like with parents who adore you blindly. and a big sister
who feels guilty for being human over you. and a little gravelly-voiced kid whose
friends have left him over you. and even a pink-haired girl who carries your picture in
her wallet. maybe it is a lottery, but the universe makes it all even out in the end. the
universe takes care of all its birds.

Part Six

August

What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how

infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and

admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension

how like a god! the beauty of the world!...

—Shakespeare, Hamlet

North Pole

The Spud Lamp was a big hit at the science fair. Jack and I got an A for it. It was the
first A Jack got in any class all year long, so he was psyched.

All the science-fair projects were set up on tables in the gym. It was the same setup as
the Egyptian Museum back in December, except this time there were volcanoes and