i popped one kernel into my mouth and managed to chew it up . `` look at the pits on the pavement and in the street . getting on the chair lift to come up here had been an adventure by itself . she 's not the real prize here , just a means to an end . he could see something special pass between them right from the beginning . they were both panting as he kept up the excruciatingly slow and measured pace . life on the island is like a soap opera where you know all the characters . 