‘However, when you’re in charge, you can feel exactly what is working and make adjustments as they’re needed. It’s a lot like riding a horse i... a race where the jockey has to make constant adjustments.’ ‘How many horses have you ridden in races?’ I asked. ‘I read a book.’ ‘Oh, you read a book. Who could possibly doubt your analogy? You did read that book on sex.’ ‘Well, you know, there’s -‘ ‘Shut up! This is not a particularly arousing conversation. We can talk horse racing later.’ Dr. Goldberg. I still had not told my family about my shape-shifting ability.I was returning to the cart with my kills, four rabbits, when I heard Junga scream in pain. I shifted to wolf form without dropping the rabbits so that they would be with me when I shifted back to human form (don't ask me to explain, I don't understand it either, but I have no compunction about making use of the ability). As a wolf, I raced to the site where I had heard Junga's scream come from, and saw a monster bear in the process. We sat and chatted, catching up on what me and Mom had been up to. How’s school going, how is my stamp collecting going (she had some new stamps for me)...How is Mom liking her new job? It was all friendly chit chat until she pipes out with, “Do you have a girlfriend yet?I think she was shocked (?) when I answered “No”. Bowing my head in mock shame.“I haven’t really thought that much about girls” I lied.....“Well then, young Jenny Smith next door is still available”, “She is such a sweet k**,. Since we weren’t being paid it wasn’t really work. I was sitting outside the church where the daycare was holding forth that Monday. I got out of the SUV when Tommy Simpson pulled up. He didn’t move like a man in a great deal of pain. He was more a man with bad balance. He would not be the ideal employee, but he might be the best one available for the job.‎‎”Tommy, how is it going?” I asked.‎‎”It’s going good. How about you? Or more to the Point how is it going with Mary Beth?”‎‎”She is going.