You just didn't know from what direction it was coming. It was mid-afternoon when the clouds to the west started to get thicker and higher with the bo...ttoms turning black. The drover came back along the river yelling at us to move the cattle faster."Kick 'em in the ass and we'll try to make it to where the canyon widens out. If we make it, hold the cattle against the east wall the best we can. I have a feeling we are in for some high water and this is the worst place to be. There has to have. -- "If Carol or I see you getting screwed up then hopefully we'll be able to talk you around, but if you make a mistake, then you make one. I'm never going to be able to keep girls away from you. There's no chance of that at all; you're going to be powerful, rich, handsome, graceful, nice and legally single. They're going to swarm all over you. The best I can do is manage the process and hope you don't make a mistake. I'll also be trying very hard to make sure you know you'll never find anyone. But as you may have noticed, the Reindeer Herder women are poor, ragged wretches compared to the women of our village.’ He sniffed with slight disdain, as if reflecting on the quality of his reciprocal gifts. ‘You are too kind, my lord,’ said Ivory. ‘However, your duties are not at an end,’ continued Chief Cave Lion. ‘Nor are they likely to be while we continue to entertain our guests.’ ‘Do you mean that I shall once again have to entertain the Reindeer Herder chief, my lord?’ asked Ivory who. There was a limo waiting for me at the charter office and I was at the Ritz-Carlton fifteen minutes later. If there is one truly wonderful thing about having serious money, it is the ability to fly charter.The next morning, I was in the studio of WBZ, “NewsRadio 1030”, getting ready to sell the book. Glamorous, it ain’t. Small rooms, cramped spaces, listening to idiots yammer half the time. I had ten minutes from 7:46 to 7:56, with a commercial break in the middle. Then it was out of there and.