Luckily, for the cows and for Danny, my Gucci boots didn't seem to have suffered permanent damage. After hosing cow shit from my boot, I saw Stan exit...ng the house and moved to intercept him. I was intercepted by Amber and Brie first. "Where's Danny," Amber asked."He's in the barn, probably laughing his ass off," I answered while trying to slide past. Amber slid to block me. "What," I asked in exasperation. "Look who just showed up," Brie answered with a head dip indicating...Looking in that. " Nobody can do exactly whatever they want to unless they live on a desert island, and as the man said, no one is an island. However," I went on quickly, "we have sovereignty." Sov - what?" Sovereignty," I repeated.Then I told her a fairy tale I'm fairly sure she hadn't heard. It's the one about the prince who married the very ugly woman. She could be beautiful in the day or at night, but not both. When she wasn't beautiful, she was the most homely woman in the kingdom. She told the prince and. Or so they say. And because you asked, I will tell you my story, and how it started, and as much as I want to tell you that story in words I cannot, because you would think me insane. So instead I will put it all down on paper and then let you decide. I will attempt to write it in chronological order just as it occurred, but forgive me if I slip from time to time ... because; you see I myself do not necessarily believe it. It is only because I lived it, ah ... am yet living it that I am. Mike pulled the car closer to the lake and parked by a fire pit surrounded by several logs. He stopped the car and they started unloading their gear. "Mike and I have been here before," Linda said. "We've been adding a few refinements each time we come. We've been working with the owner and are going to buy some of the surrounding land next month." They all helped setup their one tent and Jamie began to wonder how it would hold them all. Mike pulled out a battery-powered pump and, plugging it.