四、12.不吐不快

usawthe‘elephantintheroom’butchosetoigpletely.Ifthereisapinkelephauspointitoutwithers—IfthereisaBigWolfhidinginthewood,lurkingtoharmourkids—Let’sgetit,then!Why—isn’tit‘APerfectDayfortheWolf?’Idon’tseenopointsthatwestillsithereandwaitforamessiah-likefiguretosavetheday,toremovethethreatforus,whilewearestillfarfrombeiAKEA.

    「Iregrettedit,IdeeplyregrettedthatIfailedtobethat‘CatcherintheRye’whentherewasakid,anabsolutelylovelysweetheart,whojustranstraighttowardthe‘crazycliff,’whilestillwithinarm’sreach—Icouldhavecaughtherinmyarms[acatherthroat].Iregrettedthatwejustletithappen,asshejustfelloverthe,withouttheslightestcetogrowupaoflutterherlittlebutbravewings—」