Chapter 16... Lifegasm Book I: Marshall's Promise

*Jingle Bells* EXCERPT: We spent the rest of the weekend engaging in hilarious, articulate, informed discussions about everything with Madeline and the village. We visited her classroom and got introduced to her reptiles: there was Houdini the ball python, Milkshake the milk snake, ET the red eared slider turtle, and Frogzilla the African clawed frog. We explored the area, from the Padgetts' back yard to the Vassar campus to the extended Hudson River Valley. As an engineer, Jingle Bells was overcome by the superlative height of the Walkway Over the Hudson. He was almost delirious. “WOW!” he said over and over again, with the sheer astonishment that is usually heard out of the mouths of children. “Do you understand how much work it takes to build something this tall? I mean… we never build anything like this anymore. I mean… WOW! It’s so high! Wow, Evy! Look how high we are!”