The battle was brutal and losses were high. Ralph the Brave, Robin of the Forests, and me, Ariane with the Golden Fingers, were the only survivors on our side. But we had no time to mourn the fate of ... [+]
in the stream behind your house we absconded with one, he pinched at my cupped palms as we bounded up the stairs into your room we threw the door closed we thought we set him free in your aquarium & we slept that night arms touching bellies still sore from giggling & we woke to a guppy-less aquarium we carried him back in a bucket we couldn't carry that weight with bare hands