We moved twelve guineas to the capture cages and then Daro, Rayta, Zakkon, Mendal, and I headed out to harvest some of the wild oats nearby. We fed pa...t of them to the caged birds, saved some for tomorrow, and shook a few of the seed heads out around the traps.Just before sunset, while the women were retrieving the pit roast some of us checked the traps again. We only had eight more birds, but progress was progress. Rayta and Daro had brought some of the moss filled baskets and they picked up. It shows that I have the right people working here to give these kids a loving home. I’m good with paying the bills and not having to hold hands. What does an eighteen-year-old know about raising kids, especially the kids here?” I told one of the girl’s chaperones.Two teenage boys, a teenage girl, a tween boy, and four tween girls asked if they could sleep with me tonight. They didn’t want to sleep in bed with me. It was more that they wished to sleep near me.One of the tween girls said, “We. He had watched the whole scene play out in front of him and heard the moans and sighs and whispers through the partially open trailer window. He simply could not believe that one of those women that he had been watching was his own beloved Bobbie Sue. He turned away from the window, unable to watch anymore. He wandered, dumbstruck, back to his trailer and plopped down in the recliner again. His mind was reeling and he shut his eyes, hoping to not see what his mind was trying to process.Tommy. They took him for x-rays and some stitches. Stupid kid." He's smarter than some," I said since the boy he was talking about had spent two years in the minors and built a good record through double-A. He knew how to pitch, not just throw. And he listened and worked hard. I had talked to him about the need to do something different on the third time through the line-up, and he actually understood the concept."Anyhow, go see Johnson; he'll be catching. Gimme at least three good innings, hear?.