A rather fat man man was sitting on his chair, preparing to eat a recently plucked parrot. Three children lay around his chair. One pulled at his brightly-colored pant legs. They all wailed and scream. "Would you children stop bawling!" He bellowed. The rich man cut off the dead bird's legs with a steak knife. One of the small children rolled onto her back and started moaning like she'd been shot. The only boy of the three children crawled over to the Rich Man's chair and started ki...

A man is watching in the shadows. What am I doing? I am pushing Jocelyn.The man disappears. It does not matter. I look at Jocelyn, reach out to touch her as she grins at me. She frowns. I snap my hand back. "Ty 'Ellys, come in, quickly! Chicken and beans, and it's good, too," Jean calls excitedly. She's right, the beans and the chicken are great. Plain chicken breast and plain refried beans, but with enough salt and pepper to make it good. I wish there was more. "Hey, Ty 'Ellys, can I sit?" J...