`` well , i am going to mark this spot , '' i say , and wade back through the opening we had come through . he was quickly learning that being a man was hard work . the bad news is : i can never forget . '' i wo n't waste another minute that i can spend with you . '' will i be able to go home today ? '' something to ward off his will . and maybe the good lord above has dropped two hundred pounds of gorgeous path-clearing answer out there at our dinner table for you . '' 