Used Book – Mondo and Other Stories, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

"No one could have said where Mondo came from. He had arrived one day, by chance, here in our town, unnoticed, and then we had gotten used to him. He was a boy of about ten years old, with a round, calm face, and beautiful, slightly slanted black eyes. But it was mainly his hair that stood out, ash-brown hair that changed color depending on the light, and which appeared almost gray at dusk. [...] When he approached you, he would look you straight in the eye, he would smile, and his narrow eyes would become two bright slits. That was his way of greeting. If he liked someone, he would stop them and simply ask: "Do you want to adopt me?""