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Quote #10
She said, so quiet that I was the only one who could hear it, "OK, baby, OK. I know, sweetheart, I know." Then she started humming again and with my ear mashed up against her chest it felt like all my bones and muscles quit doing their hobs, it felt like something as big as a steam locomotive engine was chug-chug-chugging right past my ear. (14.98)
It is this last amazing act of compassion that allows Bud to let out all of his bottled up feelings. Bud gets hugged and rocked and hummed to, as if Miss Thomas were his own mother. This is really all he needed all along: someone to take care of him and let him be a kid.