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Thank you, Doha. I'm glad you like those characters. However, this is a much longer read than some of the other stories of mine that you read, so I hope you're ready for the long haul. 😜

Yes, unfortunately during the time in between we grown in different ways, so things are not quite the same when we're reunited. Thanks, Doha, for your feedback.

I hope it didn't drain you too much. It was an emotional ride and I hope you have enough strength left to go on to Chapter 2.

Here, here. I raise my cup and toast both @Libby Drew and @George Richard. Congratulations to each of you!

Exactly, drsawzall, and I wonder how many of us would be able to do it. It certainly isn't going to be easy for Mac.

Yes, Danilio, walking on four legs than most of us might envision. We see animals all the time, but we don't truly study their movements, so we don't realize exactly what they're doing. Devin hasn't changed into a horse, but he has transitioned into a deer and learned what it's like to walk on hooves. You are right, that is an entirely new experience. No internet, no phone reception, unless you had a land line, so Devin had to learn to survive as a throwback to previous generations while at the cabin. He did, however, live with his Grandpa Jacob while going to high school, so he had the internet and phone reception there, so he's lived in both worlds. I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter.

And this will definitely help, although there will be much more to learn.

Moving on all fours is something that is best avoided at our age, especially since on occasion we have enough difficulty moving around on two legs.

Polestar is a guiding principle and also a model of electric car, while polecat is a nickname for a skunk and commonly used in the Old West and in cartoons.

Patience, Grasshopper or Care Bear. Patience.

Well, that can't be my story, since Mac and Devin both live and go to school in Colorado. Could that be a Comicality story?

Thanks for the information, Al. It's something I knew in the back of my mind but couldn't manage to pull it out of the vault. I'm sure others will find this information helpful as well.

As far as the mountain lions are concerned, the only reason that I know of as to mountain lions would act that way is if they felt they were protecting their young or possibly had rabies. Any animal affected by rabies will tend to become very aggressive, but I believe wildlife experts would have been able to figure out either of those scenarios, so I'm clueless. Please let me know if someone else is aware of the answer to this situation. As far as your other question, about whether Devin and Mac might become intimate while in other forms, I'm not sure if you just mean human forms or any forms. If you mean human forms, that will be addressed in future chapters, if it hasn't been mentioned already. I'm sorry, but since I rewrote this entire book and moved Mac's going to the reservation sooner than I'd first intended, I've had to move other things around or rewrite them to adjust for the new situation, so sometimes I get confused as to when certain topics were introduced. I have two versions of this story running around in my head and sometimes I'm unable to tell one verson from the other. I hope that answers your question.

Chapter 21 – Mimicking Mowgli. After getting a good night’s sleep and downing a quick breakfast, Devin and I headed out on the trails. “This time I want you to examine the gray wolf just like you did with the black bear yesterday.” Devin kicked off his flip-flops, took off his shorts and underwear, and then transitioned into a handsome wolf with a gray and white coat. It stood passively as I used my hands and eyes to examine it, and one of the first things I noticed was how big it

Another set of guesses as to the authors, with some agreement with the others and some disagreement. Who will do the best and GA's Nobel Prize in Author Identification?

Damn, @Cia takes this Secret Author thing seriously.

Hint, hint @Cia.

My first memory of Fred Gwynne was when he appeared on You Are There as Davy Crockett. My Grandfather was quick to tell me Davy Crockett was under six feet tall and probably the same height he was (5 feet, 8 inches), I realized how miscast Gwynne was at 6 feet, 6inches tall. Then later cast Fess Parker (6 feet, 5 inches tall) was cast by Disney to play Crockett. Then later, John Wayne was cast as Crockett for the film The Alamo, so I guess Crockett's legend made him seem taller than he actually was. However, my favorite memory of Fred Gwynne when I watch him on the old TV show Car 54 Where Are You as Officer Muldoon. He was still married to his second wife when he died, and had four living children from his first marriage at the time of his death, it may have been a family disagreement, possibly over the estate, and that's why his grave has no marker.

Taking the lyrics from the song Ooh La La, "I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger" and add 'I wish I was young again with all of that knowledge.' Even though growing up was sometimes a struggle, as you grow older it doesn't look so bad, and when you start losing the ability to do many of the things you did when you were younger, you - at least I - wish I was young again.

This is interesting, and I already see the @Valkyrie and @chris191070 don't agree of very much. I can't wait to see the other guesses, but since I haven't been reading much, since most of my time is spent laboring through writing my stories, I will not be venturing any guesses. Good luck to those that do.

Thanks, NE, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Trying to provide a little spookiness for Halloween, while also adding a little NE history. lol

Thank you for confirming that for me, NE. It's greatly appreciated.

Thanks, NE. Knowing the readers enjoy my stories makes the effort I put into writing them worth it.

But what should he do if he runs into any bares in the woods?

Many things can be perforated: paper, cardboard, and plastics and metal (such as in many of the devices you use everyday). Bullets and sharp objects can also perforate the human body, although we hope that doesn't occur very often.