The world is a scary place to an undersized five-year old. Not only are there the obvious monsters under the bed and in the closet, but there are all those other dangers lurking on a day-to-day basis. You might have to eat broccoli or talk to a stranger or, worse, answer a question in front of the whole class. I was particularly afraid of this last one, because when I looked out into the faces of my kindergarten classmates, I didn’t see my friends, I saw judgmental blurs.
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