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“He’s disgusting,” Cecile said I went on reading

“It says their incisors can grow to six inches long”

“What’s an incisor?” he asked

“These two teeth,” I said, showing him

“How big is six inches?”

I showed hi!”

After a few more stops and a lot more questions, we took a break at the little snack shack for lunch Mark woofed down his hao play so while Cecile and I ate, Mark dug for “dinosaur” bones in the exhibit the zoo had set up for the kids to play in

“He’s gotten so big,” I said, not even aware I’d said it aloud until Cecile responded

“Yeah, too fast It’s mostly what prompted me to leave Jake”

I looked at her strangely wondering what she meant by that

“When he was little, I think Jake found him more tolerable Now, he likes to talk…a lot I’m sure you’ve noticed”

I laughed and said, “Yeah, I did notice that”

She smiled and said, “It’s nice that you enjoy it It’s sad, but it annoys Jake and when he’s hoet very verbally abusive to poor Markie about it”

“Verbally abusive, Jake?” Jake had beenhi that he could be that way towards an innocent child