that was your one warning , maya said . `` that 's ... what ... nearly five years now . '' `` i never did like the smell o ' him . '' hes got plants and trees everywhere . personally , i think that seeing a chipmunk disappear into thin air would have been enough to turn me into a cowardly running machine . `` you 're thinking too much , '' he whispered with his lips to her ear . finally , he had rather have looked at the cattle than at her . 