This item has two parts. Answer PART A; then answer PART B.
Read the final paragraph in this passage.
“I was smiling and laughing and busting my gut so much that I got carried away and some rusty old valve squeaked open in me then … woop, zoop, sloop … tears started jumping out of my eyes so hard that I had to cover my face with the big red and white napkin that was on the table.”
PART A: What does the phrase some rusty old valve squeaked open in me suggest about Bud? a