It hasn't occurred to me that the title WONDER of this book could possibly mean that kids have curiosity, just like everyone wonders why Augie looks so terrible, or it could be "what happens to people when they die?". It's not, apparently, not easy to answer. I knew nothing about death when I was a kid like them. My grans are still living very well now. I just wonder what am I going to tell my kid what death is, how are you going to face it. It's a hard question.
“What?” he said. “You want to know what’s wrong with my face?”
“Yeah, I guess. If it’s okay for me to ask.”
He shrugged. I was so relieved that he didn’t seem mad or sad.
“Yeah, it’s no big deal,” he said casually. “The main thing I have is this thing called man-di-bu-lo-facial dys-os-tosis—which took me forever to learn how to pronounce, by the way. But I also have this other syndrome thing that I can’t even pronounce. And these things kind of just morphed together into one big superthing, which is so rare they don’t even have a name for it. I mean, I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’m actually considered something of a medical wonder, you know.”
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