"I'm Crazy" is a short story written by J. D. Salinger for the December 22, 1945[1] issue of Collier's magazine.
Boarding school dropout Holden Caulfield watches a basketball game from a nearby hill.
He regrets withdrawing from school mainly because his mother had just sent him ski boots, albeit the wrong kind.
Holden likes Mr. Spencer but realizes that he will receive no sympathy or understanding from him, so he leaves abruptly.
He boards a train to New York City and sneaks into his family's apartment, where he talks to his younger sisters Phoebe and Viola.