Especially with an amateur dye job." Short is fine with me," Rachael said.Ariel sat her in the chair and robed her. Then she started lifting herhair f...om one side to another, finally smiling. "You have a long, thinneck," she said. "Short hair looks good if you are not too chunky." I'm fat," Rachael said."No you aren't," Ariel retorted. "And I think you have even lost weightsince I first opened, haven't you?" Yes, a little." It shows." Does it?" Yes, and your neck is the important thing anyway,. "We're going to have to get some dogs," Mike commented one evening as the two men worked on the dog sleds. "It'd be a shame to have sleds as nice as these, and not get to use them." Well, maybe the pound will have something in by this weekend," Mark said. "If not, I suppose we can head down to the pound at Coldwater, or something. But, we don't have to be in any real big rush." I suppose not," Mike said. "But I'm getting kind of anxious to give this a whirl." Me, too," Mark admitted.Jackie had. But, if she can reallydo what was shown in the pictures, then I can do it." Bring out Miyuki more. That is an understatement. What doyou think your mom will say?" Lets call her and find out."Miyuki picked up the phone, and called her mom. She decidedto use Mike's voice, as she explained what was proposed byher department, and as much as possible why. She told hermom that she and Masumi had really talked it over, andresearched it. And, that Masumi was behind her completely.Her mom was worried. .. what if they say I have to come back?”“They won’t, you’re out. For good. They wouldn’t take you back if you showed up on the front step naked with 10 kilos of coke. We have a deal”She looked pensive. “What kind of deal.”“it’s a simple one: They never have anything to do with you or the children again, and in return I don’t exterminate everyone wearing purple for 100 mile radius.”She already looked sick and off balance but I decided put the rest of the cards on the table. I had to let her.