eyebrows rising slightly at this news , she asked , `` and he was so scary that no one disobeyed him ? taking another long puff , she let the smoke out slowly . gee set the fork down in her bowl and sighed . did you want me to sign you up , dear ? nicholas stood in front of him to keep him from escaping . it wasnt the chirping of birds that awoke him very early in the morning when the sun had only just risen it was something more pressing , an urgent call of nature . 