english: But here was this kid who loved Transformers and Snoopy and the Ninja Turtles, and the characters that I read about, I fell in love with, and they became my friends.
non_english: En dan was er dat kind  dat gek was op Transformers en Snoopy en de Ninja Turtles. Ik werd verliefd op alle personages waarover ik las, en ze werden mijn vrienden.