chapter 16

After he eats he goes on a walk and starts thinking about how selfless the nuns are and how he doesnt know anyone like that. He starts looking for a record called "Little Shirley Beans" for his sister phoebe. The record is for little kids but he likes it because the lady that sings it does not sing in a cute voice but a rough one.He starts to think about Phoebe again and how even though she is only 10 she always seems to understand him. He sees a little boy walking in the street singing "if a body catch a body coming through the rye." Seeing this little boy cheers him up and he decides to call Jane, but when he calls her mother answers and he hangs up. He goes to buy the tickets for the show called I Know My Love with the Lunts in it. He is not really looking forward to seeing this show but he knows that Sally will like it.

Holden seems to get depressed by the littlest things and he becomes happy by the littlest things. He seems very moody espically for a boy of his age.