he learned what the trees and their fruit looked like , and thought about the trees growing along his own creek . the self-sacrifice , the mission critical , the man-up . my trance wore off , and i realized that we were a long way from home . you ca n't take the one thing that controls their entire lives away from them one day and expect them to live on their own the next day . '' im going to win that game . their chests rose and fell , but they did not move . 