she asked over her shoulder as she headed toward the kitchen . to which cool thing are you referring ? '' so i looked instead to my mother ... for an explanation . that last achievement was the one that thrilled him the most . i went still again , praying they would n't notice me , spots dancing behind my eyes from clamping them shut so hard . save the trip to the other side and skip the risk that you 're going to get stuck there . '' `` i thought monkeys were the least of our worries . '' 