Fleischman got back there. “Okay, I’ll untie you,” Fleischman said to Lulu. “But only if you’ll explain how come you hate me.”

“Oh, I can do that,” said Lulu. “That’ll be easy.” And then she gave him ten different explanations:

“You’re always eating carrots.

“You never eat anything that’s bad for you.

“Your sneakers look like they just came out of a store.

“You play an actual flute instead of a toy one.

“You wear that ugly T-shirt that says,

(I didn’t mention this earlier because that T-shirt makes me want to throw up.)