“I’m sorry, sir, but we don’t accept pets.”The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been goi...g with his dog.After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.“Excuse me!” he called to the man. “Do you have any water?”“Yeah, sure,. She started exploring more about relationships, same-sex marriages, nudity, human nature in general, and what gives happiness. All she knew was a life shown to her by idealistic people. But, the idealist outside was real. Their scares were real. Their shame was real. It was all too much excitement and fun.She loved what she chose to do in her life, and became more inquisitive about life and its nitty-gritty. John on the other hand was a loose cannon but in a positive way.He was always getting. Ben checked off and called a sweep to the right. On the first play from scrimmage, our pulling guards, Toro, and tight-end Billy Joe Henry, made them pay as they bowled the defenders over on our favorite running play. I made an easy, sixty-five yard run to the end zone for the first score of the game.We lined up to go for two points with Rashad and me split out wide on the right side. At the snap of the ball, we ran side by side across the goal line. Ben hit Billy Joe over the middle for two. I was sure there would be much more whispering, and complaining, among the slave girls tonight. The two from the bath were sure to report on every word they had heard to the others, and I was sure the village men were in for a hard time.We arrived in the capital after two weeks of steady travel. We were both worn out and glad that the trip was over. Esther was also apprehensive. What would this new life be like she wondered? We went right to the largest House in town. It was the one run by the.