‘From my own observations, it is evident that he is a fellow bird who has temporarily misplaced his own wings. For I have seen many a man look at th... sky in envy at me and my peers, a look of wistful pining upon that small beak of his. Who else but a bird yearns to fly? I have never seen another beast try it, but he will spend hours watching the sky, missing his former life. If ever he finds his wings again, rest assured, he will join his avian brethren among the clouds once again. ‘Why, he may. Seth got the ball again, and he decided to drive this time. Jack slid in front of him and Seth lowered his shoulder and drove forward with all his might. His shoulder hit Jack's hard midsection with a jarring thud, which caused Jack to take a step back, and Seth to stagger to the side and down to his knee."Foul," Seth growled.Jack reached out to help Seth up, but the younger man slapped the offered hand away.Seth's team scored and play went back to the other end. Jack posted Seth up again, and. I went to my room and got my chessboard, and took it down to the basement playroom where Dale and I usually played. My dad had finished the basement over the course of the previous six years, completing it a few days before last Christmas, and just in time before the ‘family gift’ of a pool table was delivered. I’d played a lot at Dale’s house, and was happy to have a pool table, but wished we’d had it years ago.Dale arrived at 2:30pm; we grabbed bottles of RC Cola from the basement fridge, and. I noticed her sat on her own in a little alcove just past the toilets. She was obviously worse for wear and slumped against the side of the seat, she looked a bit disheveled and I picked her up and told her we needed to go back to our room. On the way up she was muttering about there being some dirty old bastards at this wedding but she was slurring her words and I couldn’t make them out properly. Managed to get her back to the room and let her down on the bed, her dress slipping open over her.