they say they didnt find the sun stones . it was hard to tell the extent of their madness . her pulse was racing and she felt suddenly very sick . i say firmly , as if that old fake-it-til-you-make-it strategy will work now , all over again . my breath caught as an idea came to me . off to one side , some distance from the road , a line of people came into view , bending at their work in the rice crop . we needed to know what on earth was going on . 