" Can't it be stopped?" said Lina. She shifted around under her blanket, trying to find a place to sit where rocks weren't digging into her.Maybe it can be stopped at the beginning," Maddy said. " If someone sees what's happening and is brave enough to reverse the direction." Reverse the direction?" Yes, turn it around." How would you do that?" You'd do something good," said Maddy. " Or at least you'd keep yourself from doing something bad." But how could you?" said Lina. " When people have been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?" You wouldn't want to," said Maddy. " That's what makes it hard. you do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad. "