a little girl was playing the yard , a thin child with long brown hair . `` hear the wind of his coming ! letting go , she almost jumped back , fine , just fine . it was harder than i ever imagined . '' the human-interest reporters loved that . '' `` you 're going to be fine , '' she said . and taught them all the truth about just how deadly an innocent face could be . `` but now that you 're back , we have work to do . logic said it was because her ignorance was bliss . 