and yet , it appears to have missed her . one such day , as they rested in the shade of a tree beside the road , eating their mid-day meal , a man came walking from the direction in which they were headed . he 's super excited about your book , too . `` hey , i never claimed to have them , '' i said . im not fighting them for you . he feared the smallness of his life , so he ordered his house around to make himself feel important . 