The walls of the arch are covered with blood-red jellies that wink and glisten at me by the light of the moon. My father told me they were completely harmless. I don't believe him. Nothing is completely harmless.

Maggie Stiefvater
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In the book "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende, a character named Bastian is told that the walls of the arch are covered with blood-red jellies that wink and glisten at him by the light of the moon. Bastian tells his father that nothing is completely harmless. In this quote, Bastian’s father, a wise man, tells his son that the walls of the arch are covered with harmless jellies. But Bastian doesn’t believe him.

In life we have heard many stories about something being completely harmless, but as we grow older we realize things around us can be harmful to us. It is our responsibility as a child to make sure our parents tell us the truth, because sometimes they do not see all bad things surrounding them.

Source: The Scorpio Races

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