If Tomas had ever had a last name, he did not know it. If had ever had a mother or a father, her did not know that either. He only knew that he was a beggar He knew how to stretch out his hand and ask. Also he knew, without knowing how he knew, how to sing. He knew how to construct a song out of the nothing of day-to-day life and how to sing that nothing into a song so beautiful that it could sustain the vision of a whole and better world. —Kate DiCamillo, The Magician’s Elephant
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If Tomas had ever had a last name, he did not know it. If had ever had a mother or a father, her did not know that either.

He only knew that he was a beggar

He knew how to stretch out his hand and ask.

Also he knew, without knowing how he knew, how to sing.

He knew how to construct a song out of the nothing of day-to-day life and how to sing that nothing into a song so beautiful that it could sustain the vision of a whole and better world.

—Kate DiCamillo, The Magician’s Elephant

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