He had a leak in the well for one of his stock tanks and "would I do him a big favor?"So I loaded up the truck with what I had and drove into Uvalde. ...y ranch was a few miles southwest of Sabinal. We shared a beer and I started back. I was tired and still thirsty so I pulled into Jake's Place — a few blocks before pickin' up highway 90 - on the way back. It was a new place, more of a dance hall than a bar. I pulled up and was shocked to see Dottie's Jeep in the parking lot. She told me she was. His legs popped and crackedsickeningly as the fused together and lengthened in to a huge longserpentine tail. He looked down the length of his body. He was probably 30feet long now, from his head to the tip of his massive tail. With a fewattempts he was able to pull himself up on a desk, coil his tail under himand stand up, after a fashion. He wobbled slightly and felt like he wasabout to loose his mind.Davis returned with the mirror. He handed it to Philip who looked at hisnew face for the. And she got him way ahead of the rest of us on the contest.”“So I see...” Sherri said. “And that is what I think it is?” She wagged a finger at my shirt.“You betcha,” Jess responded. “You might want to skip giving him any hugs!” She nearly fell back in her chair laughing at her own joke. It wasn’t really that funny.Out of the corner of my eye, I caught movement. Turning my head, I saw Amelia, eyes closed, and her arm shaking in front of her. Confused, I watched and followed her arm downward .... Snoring eventually filled the hallway and the rest of the house from the far room. Jake's mother’s hands reached towards the coffee table in front of her and picked up her pack of cigarettes and lit one. She quietly whispered towards Jake, “Come lay with me, hunny.” “It’s cold in here! I don’t see how you can take it in just undies and a T-shirt.” He quietly put down the recliner and rose to his feet. He innocently walked toward his mother on the couch where she had the blanket invitingly.