They had never warned you about books.

Sure, you listened when they told you never to help strangers in the park look for their dog, or let them give you a ride home, or believe their claims of “I have candy. Would you like a taste?” because those were surefire ways to get you killed. But books? No one ever told you to be careful of those.

And if your parents had seen your kidnapper, they probably would have helped him too.