perhaps it can be done without loss of life . '' or a non-date if you prefer . '' i turned toward the audience and five hundred pairs of eyes stared at me . your dads right about you being young men . he hugged me and whispered to my ear that , im here . when i saw you head for the hospital , i just waited . she examined it , then licked her finger , touched it to the hole in my sole from which i had pulled the worm , two days before . 