"Not good eating unless you cook them. I can certainly see how they might catch a young woman's eye, though." "Hah. How about these?" She pointed to s...ome oval green fruit with a dull, waxy skin. "Pussyfruit," I said with a lewd grin. "Exsqueeze me?" "You heard me - pussyfruit. That's what Kim calls them, anyway. Go ahead and cut one open, they're yummy." Cindy took the knife and sliced the end off one. The inside meat was a lovely, dark pink color, with a moist, rubbery texture. The open. “Relax, mom, he’s joking around,” Frankie giggled.“Yeah, Mandy, just messing around,” Bill said. “And look, the house is still in one piece.”“Well, thank God for small mercies, huh?” Amanda broke into a cackle, stood up and hugged her husband again. “I’m going upstairs to get some sleep.”“Jeez, that just now wasn’t enough?” Bill pointed to the jeep outside.“Hell no,” Amanda said. “Plus, I want to be energized for you, later on, Mister.”“Mom, ewww.”“Oh, stop it, Frankie.” Amanda waved her off.. He then lay down as if he were going to bed. I moved to the bedroom window to see my wife also laying down. Wondering what was up, I finished my cigarette and went inside. I went straight to the bedroom where I found my wife lying down. I lay down in bed with her and asked if anything was wrong. "No. I just don't know if I should be doing this," she said. "Why not?" I asked. "Were you enjoying it?" "Yes!" "Was he enjoying it?" "I'm pretty sure he was!" "Then what's the problem?" "I'm not sure. Even though we had the new arrivals I knew that hides were always important and I didn't know how many they'd had before they started their move. Still, I was going to ask.I knew better than to waste her time hemming and hawing and so I just spit it out. I wanted three to four hides to make something and I asked her what I needed to do to get them."We have plenty but we haven't had time to tan them yet," she said."Excellent, I do not need for them to be tanned. I only need to scrape the hair.