you think you 're getting the short end of the stick ? then , grabbing the handle , he yanked it upward , feeling the lock twist until it was jammed . cause of death seemed pretty obvious , but there was some interesting stuff in her body . my breath caught as he stared at the small stuffed crow he 'd once won for me at a local fair . but i did n't have more than a few toys on hand , and those were just for babies stopping through for a few hours . '' 