a livery stable, so we may have to buy her now, because of all the time that’s passed. Her name is Cuddles.” He struggled with it for a minute. “Sometimes hunger has strange side effects . . .” “No, I was there,” Robert said, his eyes still closed. “I’ve seen Cuddles. Long ears.” Curran’s eyes widened. “If we get out of here, I’d like to keep her,” I told him. “If you finish eating this food, I’ll get you a whole herd of giant donkeys.” “That’s the strangest bribe I’ve ever heard of,” Robert said. “I don’t want a herd. I just want one.”
