i would n't go five steps to look at acrobats . '' `` people are betting on a thing like that ? '' most of the time , he just freezes . brave , she thought , and went to the door . she 'd found him hurt , far too close to death , on a lonely stretch of texas highway . i yelled as they again fell backward . i did n't expect him to be so big or warm , or hard , yet smooth at the same time . 