He climbed a few feet up to the main fork of one of the peach trees in an effort to see farther, but between the leaves of the tree and the lack of he...ght, he was unable to make out much about the other groups of trees in the distance."Oh, well. Nothing to do but go look. Search, Boy. I'd hate to walk up on a panther in these weeds."A hundred yards later, he came upon another group of trees, but these were even easier to identify because they were hanging heavy with apples. The lower limbs were. Is what you’ve studied practical? Does it work, or is it for competition and stuff? I know some of it is pretty worthless.”I turned serious. “What I’ve studied works on the street. If she’s an athlete and interested, I could probably teach her enough in the time I’ll be here. It depends on her and if she’s interested and committed.” I had taught karate before but not jujitsu. I thought about it a minute and then the simple truth that I’m a teacher and I teach young people sort of shouted at me.. He had gone to check his snares and found it helping itself to his breakfast. The damn thing was as big as an Alsatian dog with a longer body and tail. It had a typical cat-like face eyes and paws but huge teeth. It’s mottled grey, and black coat let it blend into the shadows.He had also heard what he believed was a pack of wolves or dogs in the second week of his trek. He thought they sniffed after him for several days, but he hadn’t seen them. Again, he believed that the rain had been his. Watching people on monitors gets boring at times, soobserving unusual mall walkers, guys like you, for instance, relievesthe boredom. " You're wasting time. It's nearing Eight. You only have one more hour."Telling him that reminded me that I only had one hour to straighten outthe mess I left in my two room apartment. Small as it was, it seemed toget all messed up without my half trying. Besides, I wanted to do asearch on him before he got to my place, to see if who he claims he is,is, in fact,.