Interestingly, Rayne does not comment, but she is aware that: Instead, Rayne’s father criticizes the new family’s truck, and her mother describes the neighbours’ furniture as “dreadful”. While her parents object to the house’s shape and colour, Rayne wonders, “Why are they so happy?” A new family occupies the house, but the Grays do not go over to introduce themselves. Consequently, when the Gray family decides to dine out (their response to having criticized the food they have already prepared for themselves), Rayne decides she can’t eat what she has ordered after hearing her parents complain about the awful menu and dreadful service.Ĭhange begins to come for Rayne when she observes volunteers constructing a new house next door (Habitat for Amphibians?). Being brought up in this environment, Rayne has adopted the pessimistic stance she sees being modeled by her parents. “I’m bored with all my toys,” said Rayne.īoth of Rayne’s parents are “glass-half-empty” individuals who apparently see only the negative side of everything. Thunder Bay, ON: Single Drop Publishing, 2014.
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