I hadn't gone very far when I was startled to hear his voice coming in very clearly through the earpiece of the glasses. He was telling me he had just...passed a guy who was walking in my direction. He said the guy stopped when he saw me walking down the beach toward him. He had turned and gone up to the nature trail that ran parallel to the beach and had stepped out of sight behind a large tree and some palmetto bushes. This was really turning out to be fun!"What does he look like?" I asked. They told me what a ‘boner’ was. How men and women were different and the whys and the what’s of the whole thing. I couldn’t believe it. I was only 7 or 8 at the time. I had my first girl naked when I was 6 but I didn’t know any of this stuff. I went to sleep that night with a greater appreciation of life and the wonder of it all. I’ll never forget that I had my first lesson about the birds and the bees from two sisters who I thought were really hot. I remember they told me because we were. I was stunned, and only managed to croak, "Go on." She went to the other trunk, and as she lifted the lid, said, "Here is WHY Jake came to be." In the second trunk was another perfect replica...this time of a female, and again, apparently anatomically correct. It bore an uncanny resemblance to Gloria, and I shuddered as I had the thought. "Go ahead, touch it," she said, "It feels absolutely real." Against all logic, I did, and was amazed. "They are a special rubber which is like real flesh, and. “Do you ride much Iris?” I asked peering into the stable. “Only a hack round the lanes when the weather’s OK; how about yourself?” “Well, I sometimes get my bike out on a fine day.” I quipped, “How many horses are there?” I inquired. Iris laughed, “Only my gelding now, he’s grazing in the meadow: several were stabled here before the war but with the price of hay in the winter...” “Is your husband in the war Iris?” I asked cautiously. There was an uncomfortable silence before she answered..