Stanley looked back at him, unsure what he meant. If you want to run away, go ahead, start running. I'm not going to stop you. Mr. Sir was playing. I see you're looking at my gun.
Nobody runs away from here.
We don't need a fence. Because we've got the only water for a hundred miles. You'll be buzzard food in three days. Stanley Yelnat's family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boy's juvenile detention center, Camp Green Lake. The warden claims that this pointless labor builds character, but that's a lie.