What is the matter with people?” Sam fumed. “I said we needed a hundred kids and we get thirteen? Fifteen, maybe?”“ They’re just kids, ” Astrid said.“ We’re all just kids. We’re all going to be very hungry kids.”“ They’re used to being told what to do by their parents or teachers. You need to be more direct. As in, Hey, kid, get to work. Now.” She thought for a moment then added, “Or else.”“ Or else what?” Sam asked.“ Or else… I don’t know. We’re not going to let anyone starve. If we can help it. I don’t know the ‘or else.’ All I know is you can’t expect kids to just automatically behave the right way. I mean, when I was little my mom would give me a gold star when I was good and take away a privilege when I wasn’t.”“ What am I supposed to do? Tell three hundred kids spread out in seventy or eighty different homes that they can’t watch DVDs? Confiscate i Pods?”“ It’s not easy playing daddy to three hundred kids, ” Astrid admitted.“ I’m not anyone’s daddy, ” Sam practically snarled. Another sleepless night, in a long string of them, had left him in a foul mood. “I’m supposed to be the mayor, not the father.”“ These kids don’t know the difference, ” Astrid pointed out. “They need parents. So they look to you. And Mother Mary. Me, even, to some extent. . Michael Grant
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