this be a wonderful book . poetic and a brilliant read . what touch I most about this book be the part about John Huff . the reason be it be so very real . the emotion Doug feel be heartfelt . I know because I read it just as one of my best friend be move away . it nearly move I to tear not a easy task . then there be the Lonely one . a chilling character that you never actually know . yet the fear of the mother be feel by you . the question be this . what do everyone find so confusing ? it be obvious that they either have never read Bradbury , or be incredibly daft . yes it tell different story , such as the middle aged man and the old woman , with lime-vanilla ice . but confuse ? never . be one story stop another pick up rather easy to understand . my recommendation , if you do not wish to be touch by Bradbury 's jawcraker and poetic masterpiece , and never want to feel , then ovoid the book . if you want to go back in time and feel the joy 's and sorrow of what most of we have leave behind then buy it . in the word of Bradbury himself in the beginning of the book . `` the wine still wait in the cellar below . my beloved family still sit on the porch in the dark . the fire balloon still drift and burn in the night sky of a as yet unburied summer . why and how ? because I say it be so . ''