I needed to do something to take the edge off of me. I looked around, finding only myself on the beach in the late summer afternoon.I carefully got in...o my bag and brought something out. It was my favorite toy of the many that I had. It looked and felt like the real thing. The only difference was that it had a small finger on the top of it so that I was stimulated both inside as well as outside. It also had batteries which meant that it would vibrate inside and outside of me as well. I laid it. Large beasts, like mammoth, rhinoceros or even horse, would never venture into a relatively narrow wooded canyon of the kind Ivory and Ptarmigan had made their home. Yet, Ivory was wary. Although Chief Cave Lion was effusive and his huntsmen agreed fervently with his every word and vied with one another to show enthusiasm, she could see that this fervour wasn't shared by Glade. She was also distrustful of Ochre, the well-dressed stranger, whose eyes darted from side to side as he inspected what. She rolled her eyes. “Wow Becky, that green makes jacket makes your boobs look—I mean ... it makes your freckles look really pretty.”Becky was getting ready to put him in his place when she saw Miss Nakamura out of the corner of her eye. “Excuse me losers,” she said.I smacked Tony, and he ran off, but I followed Becky, staying a few yards behind. She sauntered up to Miss Nakamura, and I watched them from behind another row of shelves. “Your eye shadow is very pretty, Misshhh Nakamura, it brings. The first team got to the cup final of one tournament but were quite put out when we won the plate of the same tournament. Of course, it was never mentioned in the house, as Matt played for the first team. There were never any quips about asking if he had a cup for his coffee or would like his breakfast on a plate, ever. Until we got home.The common denominator of all the tournaments, Rob, Matt and Andy, were drunk at the end of the day and Tina and Diane slept most of the way back. After the.