`` and once he heals , he will come looking for you . he said the best stones were flattened by the current of the water , so he tried reaching into the river for them . `` i 'd like you to sing to me , '' she said , `` if you can do it real quiet . '' the old woman even made me a sandwich for the road . `` maybe you can afford to take off whenever you feel like it , but i ca n't . he also seemed to take this ghost-hunting business a little more seriously . 