Anyway, how did _you_ happen to come here ?" he asked as if in sudden fear.
"I was just taking a walk through the woods, Skinny." Skinny continued to stare at him, still with a kind of lingering misgiving, but feeling that gentle patting on his shoulder, he seemed reassured.
"I was just flopping around in the woods, Skinny; just flopping around, that's all....".