everyone got along , even the chickens and the cows , and no one needed to talk about anything , because nothing bad ever happened , and nobody had any secrets because secrets were for bad people , people who did n't eat their eggs , people who climbed in cars that smelled of apples with strange men and disappeared for four days , only to come back home to find everyone they 'd known had disappeared , too , been replaced with smiley-faced look-alikes who 'd do just about anything but listen to you .