She leaned over at that point and said ‘You really will love this.’ At this point I agreed it was a deal. She said great. She got ready to leave a...nd mentioned she had a few things to get to prepare for it, but she had most everything already. I left wondering what it could be and was intrigued by the idea — and aroused Halloween was a few days off when she called and asked if I could come over about one in the afternoon the day of the contest to get ready. I thought that this sounded like a lot. “What is it?” She peered at the screen, baffled by what he could possibly have to show her. Some sort of testimonials from the company perhaps?The images on the screen were of her—a montage of photo-stills and cine-footage, demonstrating her progress from childhood through teen years to adulthood. There she was splashing among the waves on a beach holiday. Now tearing open presents at a family Christmas. High-kicking in a school-play dance routine. Cavorting with student-friends in a Spanish. Actually I was 47 last year. Which side of the basement do you think the system is on?"That kind of shook her back to our task which was just as well, because I was starting to feel the sun and work from earlier. If she wasn't so interesting I would have rather had a shower and a beer. She thought about it and made some calculations with her hand gestures. She turned around a time or two and then with a guessing tone pointed to the west wall and asked, "There?"Yup, see that shiny copper pipe. I’m going to start gathering wood. I want you to bail out the bathwater from the basin and refill it. Rain water would be best, but river water will have to do. Then take the stones and put them back in the fire. You remember what to do if something attacks?”“Throw horse dung and holler for you?”“Right.”Noah departed, heading back into the forest. Just like the day before, he was gathering hardwood from birch, oak, and maple trees. He moved cautiously, hearing movement all around him. He also.