`` i was hit before i ever started down ... '' `` but who would ... thats not asking too much , is it ? as with any newspaper , the few people who were there were bundles of activity . the police have n't asked me anything yet ; no one 's actually brought up the accident except them . ash could n't breathe as he understood what she was asking . jesus , you may as well be in kindergarten . you can draw water from the river with that pail over by the door . '' 