Eileen followed her and when the old woman sat down on her bed she asked, ‘Mother, what are you doing?’ ‘I got to get used to this phone thing, ... might as well start now.’ ‘But it’s not even working yet.’ ‘That’s good, this way I’ll be used to it by the time the phone get’s to working.’ Each day when Eileen came to visit she found her mother sitting and staring at the phone. When she asked her mother why, she replied, ‘I’m still gettin’ used to it.’ The phone company finally got the wire pulled. It was time to prepare to go back to a world of reality and leave this all behind, only one more evening, and I could do just that. About six o’clock I heard the front door open and then the familiar sound of shoes being deposited at the doorway and bare feet scuffling through the dining room. I got up from the bed and went to see who had come in, and found Wade and Mako cheerfully putting some groceries away in the frig. Wade turned and asked “did you have a good day little. She cupped her wildly bouncing breasts with both hands while her four hooves pounded the ground in a desperate gallop. The frightened centaur just had to get away! She couldn’t let her pursuer even get close!The area was supposed to be safe! Her younger sister, Heather, had been there just yesterday and assured her! The still coltish beauty of eighteen seasons had stated positively that no herds ever went near the small idyllic meadow. Fern had been happily gathering succulent berries when she. I soaked for half an hour. Then I dried off and followed the directions for the care of the new holes in my body. I was crying softly as I crawled under the covers and slept for several hours. I was physically exhausted. But I was even more exhausted emotionally. I needed to shut my mind off for a while.I woke up before Sean got home. I struggled to my feet, put on a loose robe and hobbled to the living room to wait for him.I sat on the couch with my robe open to avoid irritating my new.