After years of being pursued, adults were suspect but kids were not

[Palmyra]

After J.D. Salinger, the reclusive but extremely well-known author, died, one of the people in his small town explained Salinger's relationship with children: "I could understand why, after years of being pursued, why adults were suspect [to Salinger] but kids were not."

Here's more:

A few years later Ms. Bourne [another person in the same town] moved to a home closer to Mr. Salinger. Mr. Salinger would stop in his beige Toyota Land Cruiser and make small talk with Ms. Bourne’s children, who played in the front yard, asking about their day at school and toys. In the winter, the children would knock on Mr. Salinger’s door, asking if they could sled down his hill, and he always obliged.

I bring this up, because you could easily replace Salinger's name with Jackson. This very well describes Michael.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/us/01salinger.html

 

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