“Perhaps we could threaten the Marinkos with a plague of dire wolves if they did not stop their practical jokes. The Marinkos look so much like the ...ative hare of Earth that the dire wolves probably would not be adverse to attacking and eating them. At only a little over two-feet tall, not counting the ears, one of them would make a nice lunch for a dire wolf.“It’s my guess that a few 3d pictures of a pack of dire wolves going after a 1,200-pound bear would get their attention. If not, we could. Can you build me a garage? What would it cost?.“Yes I could Gramma. I tell you what. You put me up at your house. You pay for materials and permits, and I can come out there in three weeks, and get you all fixed up. No labor, just a working vacation. Sound good?” “Oh Danny, that would be wonderful” she said excitedly, “we haven’t seen much of each other in the last few years. Call me a week before you come so I can buy your favorite foods. OK?” “OK Gramma, it will be fun” I smiled as I put the. Please?"The tiger bared his teeth, let out a quiet but fierce snarl, and then to her utter amazement kissed her on the lips.Then he looked embarrassed and Joyce asked what the trouble was. "Could ... could ... could you get me ... something to eat?" he stammered. Suddenly, she was mortified. Realizing that the poor animal had only had two pizzas in the past twenty-four hours, it was scarcely enough to fuel his 600-pound body.Jumping up, she grabbed a phone book, looked up the number and called. Effect immediate, all my stories are on hiatus. My girlfriend will be the only one getting my stories from now. As it was in the beginning.Okay, how did I get here?There was something with booze. Much booze. I was somewhere with many books. My mind tried to tell me something but the haze around it prevented interruptions of my useless rambling. Books … it was called a library! I was a genius!Okay, why was I in a library? – And why was there some form of demon on the cover of that book. The last.