It's frickin' HUGE! And that beak,and its talons... Since he was chained up and gagged and being carriedby Arrass under one arm he didn't get a choice...or a say in the matterthough.Arrass put the girl down on the ground near the tarn, ignoring herpanicked utterances and feeble attempts to wriggle away from the bird.Her squeals attracted the bird's attention and it turned its headinquisitively, trying to track whatever was making the sounds. It had alarge form-fitting hood on its head covering. I pulled up my under wear and pants and went over to one of the sinks to wash the tear streaks from my face. As I eased open the door and peered out I saw no one and made my escape. As soon as I reached the first step, Willie, another classmate called out '...hey David, you in a hurry...' I didn't even look his way answering '...yeah I've got to get to class...' Willie said '...if I was you I wouldn't be in such a big hurry until you see what I want...' I froze and slowly turned his direction,. Sister Halsey’s handwriting, she had been the one doing the morning inspections today. Her hands trembled as the headmaster took it from her.“Hmmm, I see,” he said.The corner of his eyes wrinkled as he slowly read it over, and amplified by the silence that stretched out in between, Sarah felt every beat of her pulse as it echoed through her head. Still, she continued to stand where she was, her vision glued to the patterns of the carpet on the floor. She wanted to cough, sit down, do anything. My Mom is an antique nut. For years she and Dad ran their own antique store, so she knows her stuff. However, this bed wasn't one of those unique finds she was always making in her shop. This one was commissioned by a long-ago relative at a time when mass-producing things wasn't even an idea. It was also, apparently, a time when things were made big because it's huge.Second, it's big. It's somewhere between a queen and a king size in width, but it was longer — which makes getting a mattress/box.