Murphy's Boy
 

Murphy's Boy

by Torey Hayden

His name was Kevin but his keepers called him Zoo Boy.  He didn't talk. He hid under tables and surrounded himself with a cage of chairs. He hadn't been out of the building in the four years since he'd come in. He was afraid of water and wouldn't take a shower.  He was afraid to be naked, to change his clothes.  He was nearly 16.

Desperate to see change in the boy, the staff of... (read more)

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