I'm so happy to see you. You were being controlled and we rescued you". The Cowardly Lion looked around the room then at Omby, Leandra and Kaliko. "I ...now of Omby Amby and Kaliko but who is she Dorothy". Dorothy pulled Leandra over to the Lion. "Lion this is Leandra, Leandra this is the very brave Lion. She's the new Queen of the Nome Kingdom". Lion offered his paw and Leandra shook it. Omby let go of Kaliko, walked over to the chain holding Lion and smashed it with his hammer. The Lion walked. "Shouldn't he be in a hospital? What's wrong with him?" asked the math professor."I can't say," I said. Not feeling great myself, I resembled an Olympic athlete compared to our ailing poet. Mostly I felt unnerved and uncomfortable in my skin."You mean you won't," said the professor. I nodded. "I guess it's none of my business. You sure he'll be alright?" I nodded."Do you know anything about real estate around here?" I asked."Not really. Why?" I was in Germantown. We're looking for a place, a. . he longed to be a girl. He had never felt totally comfortable with boyish things and boyish ways. One Sunday, he learned about the power of prayer in Sunday school. He had a childish view of it, of course; he thought of God as the ultimate wish-giver in the sky. So he went to bed that night, and prayed that he would wake up the next morning as a girl. Of course, it didn't happen. It didn't happen the next morning or the morning after that either. But somehow, it became a habit, and it. I'd purchased an inexpensive bottle of wine to go with dinner, and though both girls were over eighteen, I found myself being stingy with how much I allowed either of them to drink. Though I wouldn't be contributing to the delinquency of any minors, I didn't want to have either of them becoming inebriated, especially as Christy would eventually be driving Trina home later.It was nice having company for dinner. Nicer still when the girls cleared the table and stood at the sink side by side.