Melissa was due home in a few hours so I undressed, put her things backin the hamper and started dinner as if nothing had happened. We atedinner and M...lissa commented on how nice the place looked. I felt proudof the work I had done and thanked her. She went to change and droppedher things in the hamper. She came out and said, "I thought Wednesday waslaundry day?" My mind went blank then I spurted out, "I got caught up ina movie and didn't get to it dear. I'll do the laundry tomorrow." Shejust. Did that mean anything? Did it matter? Would his serpent let him know? Goorialla was the great Rainbow Serpent. What sort of being was Guthi-guthi? Patrick recalled that Guthi-Guthi had two assistants in creating the land. Who were they? Was it like the Titans, preceding the Olympian gods? The Titans were born of Chaos or of Chronos and Ananke – Time and Necessity. Or should it be Fate? The Iliad says that everything was born of Oceanus. Hesiod has a whole catalogue. Earth, Sky, Mountains .... I think it must be wasteful to do things this way because some must always keep the ones who are sent there inside, but perhaps the land is not so big that the humans may be driven away instead.It is not easy to think of Maggie as female. She tells me her name is other, Margaret, three sounds which is right, but then I do not understand why she uses another name with only two sounds like a male. She says many humans do this, use other names, but she does not say why that is so. She also says. Jenny moved to Glen, putting her arms around his neck. Brad looked at me, shrugging his shoulders. We came together and began to dance. Brad moved his hand up and down my spine, causing goosebumps to form. I rested my head against his shoulder. My eyes shifted to Jenny and Glen. They were dancing close too.The orange glow of the torches bathed the people on the dance floor. Away from us, on the other side of the dance floor, our parents danced with each other. Mom saw me. She smiled.