I'll tell you. When I moved here I brought a bunch of stuff from my fathers estate that I had never had time to look at before. It seems my eight time... great father was a Marine Corps hero, fought in the Seminole Indian Wars among others. I came across a newspaper article about him describing how he handled a r****t in his day. He had a plantation in Virginia and caught a worker r****g a young slave girl. This had become very common in the area so he wanted to made an example of the r****t.. Of course we had the same jobs to deal with. Actually, it wasn't as much of a task as a bison or aurochs would have been. Once we had the hide removed and put onto a rack we were practically finished with it. Even I knew we wouldn't be trying to tan the rhino's hide. It was destined to become rawhide and we didn't even intend to scrape it.Scrape it hell, we weren't even going to keep it. Goondoe and his people could no doubt find uses for the thick hide, but we didn't need it. My guess was it. “Hermione Jane Granger” she answered then shivered “it’s like I can’t stop myself”“Do a backflip” Harry ordered.“What no!” She said then smiled “I can refuse!”“You can always say no to me” Harry said cautiously, he didn’t want her to feel like she had to do anything for him “you know, that, right?” he didn’t intend for the question to be an order but it came through as one.“yes sir” Hermione answered then covered her mouth flushing scarlet.“Sir?” Harry asked smiling “is that one of your. "That feels nice, darling," she said, relaxing to the gentle massage he was giving her. She thought it was amazing that he would know just what to do at a time like this, and she decided that she would put her complete trust in her son. "Your step- father's boss left me all nervous, darling. I'm just a bundle of nerves." Yes, Mother," answered David, rubbing his hands a little harder on her arms. "Why don't you roll over on your stomach and let me rub your back. It'll make you feel better."Ann.