i pulled into an open spot in front of the ranger station , a brown wooden log cabin sitting on a stone foundation . `` with due respect , what i have to report may change your entire perspective . `` to answer your original question , no . he immediately shook from his whiskers to tail and it made all the hair on his body stand on end . the other letters had been form jobs , sent from the office of the highway department . but when he spoke , his voice was gentler than she 'd expected . 