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sticky note with the steps of a wonderfulness interview I9d prepared, and went
back out to greet them, asking if Shadow9s parents were willing to join us. They
happily agreed.
Meeting the Boy Who Acted Out of Heart
Once everyone had settled in, with Shadow9s parents on the couch and Shadow
kneeling on the floor, diligently working on a Pikachu coloring page, I opened up
the conversation. As this was my first wonderfulness interview and first time
asking such a question, I struggled a bit with my words, but was able to get to the
heart of what I was asking.
Katie: So, what I wanted to ask you guys is, it's kind of a little bit different than the
assessments we've already done- It's like a different approach to that. It's
to tell me a little bit about Shadow9s wonderfulness- meaning, what makes
him so wonderful. And one way that you can talk about this is thinking
about if I was trapped on a desert island with Shadow, what would be the
thing that I would come to notice about him or would rely on him for?6
[Before I had even finished the question, Shadow jumped in with what I’m
guessing is a comment he’d heard more than once.]
Shadow: Most annoying person in the whole entire world.
[Fortunately, his Mom was quick to counter this.]
Mom: No. You would be so brave. You'd see a thing and you'd say,
