Now there was a question I'd like to know the answer too. Of course, she didn..."Actually, I do," she replied brightly.Uh, hang on. Excuse me? No, you...don't. Least I don't think you do. I glanced across the table and saw that Janet had a frown on her face and seemed as surprised as I was.Curly haired Rhonda sat forward grinning. "Really?" she asked, "What's his name?" Or hers," peeped up a doughty lady by the name of Cooky (seriously) who had her multi-colored braided hair piled up on the top. "Sure, Son," if you want to," he told me, "Just don't let it interfere with your regular chores or studies. Use the two spare teams and alternate. They need to get a working to keep 'em from getting too fat and lazy."Boy oh boy, here I had all these great persuasive arguments and Pa just said, "Sure." Talk about a let down, I almost felt cheated when I didn't get a chance to argue my case, even though arguments were unnecessary.It the year I turned fourteen and I still had my on again and off. They did when I parked them at the Vault. It’s just they look like a shed fell on ‘em. I know they won’t pass inspection.”Ooo ... I didn’t think about the ‘LAW’ ... Heck!Daddy said... “Take the train ... ship ‘em home in a railcar.”Shocked ... I am shocked ... Daddy ... wow Pops. “Alice?”“I’m on the phone.”“...”“Yes.”“...”“Yes.”“...”“One hundred eighty five.”“...”“Yes.”“...”“Two.”“...”“Open return,” she said.“...”“We have to organize shipping,” she said.“...”“Two classic. We arrived in Mobile around noon. It was one day short of three weeks since The Virus had killed the vast majority of our fellow citizens.As I had announced by radio, we waited for the remainder of that day in front of the Battleship Alabama, in a memorial park on the city's waterfront. While the rest of us waited, Roald and Ingmar helped themselves to a local minivan and drove around the waterfront, looking for our new home.Roald came back before dark, invited the two boys and the Kazners to.