my legs gave up , and i crashed on the snow like a dead person . `` how about you drive to thayer 's with me , rose ? i glanced sideways at her to check whether she was telling the truth . she must be frantic , stuck halfway across the world and desperate to find a way home . but i am one thousand years old . you also cant shoot anything as far away as you can with a rifle . all of this has been done before . 