Again it seemed to take hours, but it was only minutes, yet I was so hyped and impatient, the time seemed to be slipping away. I took a Stanley knife ...o the net, knowing I had plenty in the barn and the doe finally sprang loose and I managed to shove her butt and got her penned in. The back trap timber was swung into place and I whooped silently at my triumph of stage two. She was trapped closely at her sides by the width of the pen and it worked out luckily to be just the right length so that. She was a bit miffed that she couldn'tcalm him down herself. Maybe she felt jealous that Alix seemed to beable to hush him and with little effort. All he did was hold him. Alixjust took him in his arms and cradled him closely like the precioustreasure he was. Alix focused baby and baby focused on who he identified as his mommy.Their eyes locked. They smiled at each other. Alix thought how coolthis little life was that he held so dearly in his arms. He cuddled himclose so baby felt safe. " Aw shit," I laughed and hugged her tightly."Hey wait a minute, we've done eating haven't we?" Well, I have anyway." So have I, wait here." and she dashed upstairs into the flat, shouting at me to crack open the last two cans.She appeared less than a minute later clutching a black plastic bag. I watched in fascination as she took out the shabby grey coat she'd worn yesterday on her release."Here you are, you can burn this one," she laughed and dipped in again for more, the whole bagful went. Gradually he came too and saw Harry’s battered, bruised face looking back at him. When Adam realised what that meant, his eyes shot open and a grateful, relieved smile stretched across his face.“Hi there sleepy head” Harry spoke.“How are you feeling?” Adam asked, getting to the point.“Sore” Harry answered simply and truthfully. “What happened?”“You don’t remember?” Adam responded baffled by the response to his question.“No” came another straightforward answer.“Well, I don’t know exactly what.