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The bracelet Mom wears to the funeral is Dad's last voice message coded in colored beads by Oskar. Oskar asks if his mom is sleeping with Ron; she says he is a friend. Oskar becomes phobic about an array of things. He looks over stuff in his dad's closet and is comforted. He finds a key for which he can't find the lock. He invents in his head a drain to carry tears away for New Yorkers. Next morning, he skips school and goes to a locksmith, who gives him ideas about what the key might fit. He receives a reply from Ringo Starr and laminates a tee shirt, since it's not white and he only wears white. He researches possible ways to find what the key belongs to. Next morning, Oskar still claims illness and wants to miss school again. He goes...