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Was Ellen Cherry just picking scabs or what?
He felt nothing like a sons love, yet some nebulous ideal made him return, with all the fascination of picking scabs and watching himself bleed for her.
However, the story focuses on the freedom that the girls have when no one of authority is watching; for example, waving at strangers, jumping on mattresses, scratching mosquito bites, picking scabs, and somersaulting in dresses.