The next morning, Steve ate breakfast before daylight and was out at sunup. He sat on a wooden bench and leaned back against the cabin wall enjoying a cup of coffee. The sun was coming up over the walls surrounding the Eastern part of the valley.
Lord he thought, this had to be as close to heaven as a person like himself could get without dying and actually going there. Thinking about it he thought if God would let him he could just stay here through eternity.
About that time, something caught his attention in the shadows of the Eastern walls of the Valley. Sitting there, studying intently, he kept thinking he saw movement from time to time. Looking around, he realized Mouse was nowhere close by, so he kept studying the shadows on the other side.
It was a long way across, but as the sun
