i ca n't get his question , sudden and anxious , out of my head . did he really want to become one of them ? `` have you told anyone else in town about finding that ... thing , whatever it is , under the blanket ? '' that man bought my life with his , god as my witness . the king shook his head , that is because i could stay in a saddle , while you never could . what a perfectly amazing day ... and it 's not even one in the afternoon yet . 