I had no idea what would happen next.I didn't have to wait long to find out.I heard and felt a violent, dull thud on the left side of my face. As the ...aying goes, I didn't even see it coming. My head snapped to the right, straining my neck, and the rest of me followed into the dirt. I don't remember falling, so I must have gone down instantly. I hit the ground tummy first with a single bounce, my mouth and nostrils filled with sticky, choking brown powder. One of the little girls behind me. “You brought lunch today?” Suzie asked.“Don’t worry. I gave it to the dwarves before I picked you up this morning,” Sean said.“You didn’t?” Suzie asked horrified at the idea.“They seemed to like it. They argued over it,” Sean said shrugging his shoulders.“It won’t kill them, will it?” Suzie asked.“I don’t think so. I am worried about the Gnome though,” Sean said with a concerned look on his face.“Why?” Suzie asked.“It fell over on its side the moment the smell reached it,” Sean answered.“That. ..She'd snorted slightly to herself. In the last couple of months she'd gained a completely different perspective about such things. She remembered the pictures she'd seen at the lecture about Greece. Wood was often the only thing people had to burn, and they had to stay warm. They had to cook their food. The alternative was living like an animal. She wondered if that was what some of these people wanted.I'm not an animal, she thought. She rubbed her arms and shifted slightly. She was nice and. ..Meanwhile two more keys had been returned to their owners, leaving onecouple to relieve each other in turn. Joanna and I watched, arms aroundeach other's waists, hands occasionally moving down to stroke eachothers' bottoms through smooth silky knickers as we watched the show andremembered how it had been for us. We had bonded. We were a couple.Once everyone had been through the bonding exercise and had theirpartners, Helen reminded us to repair our lipstick before putting ourdresses back on..