the main part of its body lay beneath the surface of the lava , its tail and head rising above . `` sorry , '' she told him , rolling her eyes as they stood on the front porch . jerrys staying to work the field . lewis said he would bring it as soon as he could , but it would take time to climb nineteen flights . he was skinny as a rail and he shouldnt ta been able to do that . i get why you said it ; it just hit me hard and took a lot out of me . 