Yeah right, did they really think he was that gullible? Jackson thought.He ignored it and walked through the stone archway. There followed a strange f...eling of dislocation, as if the universe had been turned sideways and passed through a funhouse mirror. The world on the other side looked different. Jackson thought one of his eyes might be playing up, but a hand over each revealed both were working fine.Which was more than could be said for the world around him. Three slabs of coloured concrete. Ok, first goal, take a bath, and use unscented soap.Ms. Tiger joined me in the swimming pool, the chlorine by now had lost its odor and effectiveness, but the water was not grungy yet- at least it wasn't before I washed my hair. I did not know that Tigers liked to dive underwater! I thought cats hated water, and acted like drowned rats. Big cats though, well, I don't have a large sample of various large cat breeds, and perhaps Lions would be pussies about water, but at least one tiger I know of. They crossed the street and immediately Tabitha's interest was caught bya boutique called Fashionable But Funky. The items in the window wereall well designed and made, but each one had something extra thatindividualized it. There was a jacket with several small trinkets sewnto its wide collar. And a pair of slacks with two rows of eyelets downthe side, through which a long leather strip had been laced. But whatreally drew Tabitha's interest was a pillbox hat with a short veil in thefront. . Paintings, mostly in oil but also several water colours, hung on all the walls.A sheet covered, rectangular shaped, object stood on an easel in the middle of the room. In one corner of the room was a multi drawered desk, standing about 4 feet high.The Professor took a painting from off the wall."What do you think of this?" The subject was Paloma: a head and shoulders study completed in oils. I appreciated the drawing skill, but the painting certainly didn't do justice to the beauty or the.