"Do they be jean-asses if you raise their eyes?" He put his hands to his face to see if the machine had done anything to raise his eyes.
"You gonna make me a jean-ass?" Guarino's laugh is friendly as he squeezes Charlie's shoulder.
"No, Charlie. Nothing for you to worry about. Only nasty little donkeys become jean-asses.
You'll stay just the way you are—a nice kid." And then, thinking better of it he adds:
"Of course, a little smarter than you are now." He unlocks the door and leads Charlie out to his parents.
"Here he is, folks. None the worse for the experience. A good boy. I think we're going to be good friends, eh, Charlie?"
Charlie nods. He wants Dr. Guarino to like him, but he is terrified when he sees the expression on his mother's face.
"Charlie! What did you do?" "Just an accident, Mrs. Gordon. He was frightened the first time.
But don't blame him or punish him. I wouldn't want him to connect punishment with coming here."
But Rose Gordon is sick with embarrassment. "It's disgusting. I don't know what to do, Dr. Guarino.
Even at home he forgets—and sometimes when we have people in the house. I'm so ashamed when he does that."
The look of disgust on his mother's face sets him trembling.
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