he rose and set his hands on robins shoulders . had i been more of a part of his life , maybe he wouldnt have needed to drink as much . i take one out of the box and look at it . big station wagon full of kids , happy family sort of thing . we are going to talk this out so it never comes up in my class again . oh , is that what they say ? `` why do i feel a 'but ' coming up ? '' there were voices out in the hall . 