mother earth had always come to her aid when she had need . and now we will both die here . you can do whatever you want she gives up trying to make her friend face her and turns back towards the street , careful to lick the sticky ice cream dribble from her hand before going on . you seem to have gotten on well with her so far . the other man sprang up , hands in the air , whistling . he moved slowly and looked at the faces for a long while before he brought them down . 