`` i 'm very busy these days , '' i tell her , feeling my phone buzz in my hand . there was a lot of food : turkey and mashed potatoes , gravy , stuffing , the works . i would never get tired of him . his footsteps changed sound as he arrived at something hard . i won a buck on it just before i quit to go home to supper . '' the bow mashed the green reeds . he opened his eyes and glared at the witches . 