Two college girls carrying books walked past the window. They looked up at Dibs leaning out the window. “Hello,” one of the girls said to Dibs. He ignored her. “I said hello,” the girl called out. Dibs continued to ignore her. “Can’t you say hello?” asked the girl. “Can’t you talk? What’s wrong with you? Cat got your tongue?” Dibs did not say a word. He stood looking out the window, watching them in silence. When they were out of sight, he spoke. “I watch them go by. I don’t talk to them. I don’t answer them. There goes the man in the truck. I didn’t speak to him. There goes a woman walking
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