the vision of her father standing at the grill with his `` kiss the cook '' apron on and the picnic table set with a red-checkered tablecloth popped up . after at least twenty miles , he turned right , and we followed him . then he ran to the royal banquet room where the court had already sat down to eat their supper . it was enough to give you a headache . they had not seen the sun in more days than she could count . leave now before the sun rises so we can all go back to bed . '' 