I saw the title pop up in my list. Gray is my neutral base for color decor'. I dislike neutrals in the tan, beige, ivory spectrum as they do not readily mix with my favored spectrums of pastels or jewel tones and bright colors and contrasts. Grey is more versatile. You can spell it two ways, it blends everything without shading it toward other colors. It allows black and white sharp contrasts without becoming another contrasting color. So, I chose the book. It was easy to read. Fun. It built on the theme very well, thus keeping the reader interested and enticed to keep reading. It dealt with experiences of isolation, abandonment, longing, misunderstanding, respect, cooperation, rejection, hurt, desire, how we deal with these things by adding more isolation, rejection outward, abandonment in return, rejection in return, in other words, retaliation, by taking our wonderful selves away from those "bad" others. It taught focus on what you have and who you are and finding pleasure in self and surroundings even if others do reject and avoid but it also showed the need to be open and welcoming, the need to check perceptions out, a way to discuss differences while keeping one's self-respect, and our need for each other to have a rich, full, multidimensional, multi-functional life. Yep, all that in a short, children's story.