Ursi was carrying two sheep, one over each arm, and a third was strapped to her pack. The other five Borealans were each carrying two or three more, a...d two were dragging a moose carcass between them. Dennis couldn’t believe the size of the thing. He had never seen one up close before, it looked to be about seven feet tall at the shoulder, and had to weigh at least fifteen hundred pounds.“The victorious hunter returns!”Ursi smiled at him, adjusting one of the dead sheep on her shoulder, its. As I watched, I realized what they had taught us in science class about how lightning works wasn’t right with how I saw it happening.Before each strike, I saw the differing charges between the clouds and ground building up until a string of energy went down from the cloud to the ground. That made the path from the ground arc up into the sky. As soon as the arc ended, the air rushed in to cause the thunder.Is this why people say the hairs on their arms and neck stood up just before lightning hit. .. (and I thought I had self-esteem probs). But he's a sweet fellow, who wrote a cool little humilitaion tale, whoever he is.Here it is... :-)Chapter 1Ashley made herself right at home from the moment she arrived. Jenny's sister was going to Europe on a sabatical (Melissa was a well-known professor of History... Jenny worked in a women's clothing store as a clerk), and her daughter Ashley needed a place to stay for 6 months. Ashley made it known that she didn't want to stay with her aunt jenny,. We sat at the back of the class and I managed to chat up the girl sitting next to me. She thought it was cool that we were barefoot.As class got out, I made my move. “Hey, I don’t have another class for a while, if you want to come back to my room and chill.”She smiled. “Cool, which dorm are you in.”“Hawthorne.”The smile went away in a heartbeat. “Which floor.”“Um ... third.”“Oh, um, that’s like really far from my next class. Maybe some other time.”She walked away and I turned to Sean. “Dude,.