Gary D. SchmidtI almost cried. But I didn't, because if you're in seventh grade and you cry while wearing a blue floral cape and yellow tights with white feathers on the butt, you just have to curl up and die somewhere in a dark alley.
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I almost cried. But I didn't, because if you're in seventh grade and you cry while wearing a blue floral cape and yellow tights with white feathers on the butt, you just have to curl up and die somewhere in a dark alley. "Curl up and die" is another common phrase. It means that someone is extremely overwhelmed by what happened or that they are overwhelmed by the situation.
Source: The Wednesday Wars
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