KID, TWELVE
REPORTER AT LARGE about Brian Lee Tomberlind, the child of a lower middle-class family. The writer followed Brian to school and home with his family for a …
Brian drops a hamster into the iguana cage: "'Brian, don't be doing that,' Penny says. 'If you drop it in with them lizards, the hamster could have a heart attack and die.' The hamster wriggles, and Brian accidentally does drop it in among the iguanas. Penny looks scared. 'Them iguanas is vegetarians,' Carl assures her."