i got dressed and headed outside toward the barn where we had two horses , a milk cow , and a dozen chickens . `` i fell asleep on our bed , '' i murmured . my sympathy requests that i know how much more time he has to stay up here . `` hell , it 's the least i can do . we joined in with the cheering and kissed with secret meaning . as she crawled on and farther in , thomas took another look outside at the ground , slowly moving away . 