It had only been a few days since she'd been brought to this hot and dusty place, but already she'd been washed down, brushed out, and given a well-shaded paddock to enjoy, empty though it was. The trees here were strange and acrid smelling, and they tasted just as bad. The grass was also dry, but at least the half-feline man who had taken her in left out plenty of feed and water. And the cows here that she’d seen over the fence, they were bizarre things. Short pale coats, large humps on th...
