He was all alone taking a nap by a stream whenever the devil came near and started talking to him. They had a short conversation that ended with the Devil saying that Gary's mom was dead and that the Devil should be able to eat Gary. As soon as the Devil opened his mouth to eat Gary, he ran away and fled from Lucifer. Gary's experience with the Devil was different from others because of how he handled it. During and after his near-fatal encounter, Gary feared the Devil, but ultimately took it as a learning experience and thought about it daily. Gary once stated, “As I lie here in my nursing home room, and in the crumbling sandcastle that is my body, I tell myself that I need not fear the Devil, that I have lived a good and kind life , and that you need not fear the Devil. (King 839)” Gary lived eight long years after the terrible attack and did not let it change his views, all he did was learn from