For Vinegar Boy’s whole life, he wanted Jesus to heal his ugly birthmark. In other words, without the birthmark gone, he wouldn’t be the “perfect son” for Nicholas. For example, “Open them, open them”, the boy pleaded silently. This is because Vinegar Boy thought if Jesus didn’t physically see him he wouldn’t be healed. Concluding, Vinegar Boy hopes Jesus restores his face, to become Nicolas’s perfect son.