Well in the book, he didn't like children as much as he didn't like family. He just couldn't relate to them. See, he never really grew up into an adult, so kids kind of freaked him out. With the Ompahs, he was able to open with them because they were little adults--and yet still childlike. They were his best friends.
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Date: 2005-08-04 04:32 pm (UTC)