Summary

As this section begins, Reena mentions that her parents had sent out applications for new jobs in the towns near where they chose to settle along the coast. Her mother was able to find work as an English teacher at a local private school. Reena's father was thinking about trying a new line of work - something completely different but had not landed a job yet. He said that they would be fine financially and joked that they could always eat the kids if they did not have food. Luke thought he was serious.

Luke and Reena were out riding their bikes and stopped by Birchmere Farm, as they often did to watch the cows. They wondered what the cows were saying when they mooed. They also wondered why three of them were wearing halters and tied to the fence so that...