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I felt as if I balanced on a high wire, trying not to fall Could I watch for trouble and have fun at the same time? I didn’t know, but was determined to try

"Which competition would you have entered?" Rand asked

Before I could answer, he waved his hands in front of uess"

I sraceful A dancer?"

"Try again"

"Okay You re to sit on the sill as long as nobody comes too close, but prepared to fly away if soer?"

"You’ve obviously never heard thy discussion ofto think"

The glow frohter I heard the distant buzz of ers Maybe you’re ateam?"

"Usually there’s one shearer, one carder, one spinner and one weaver in a team You know, sheep to shawl The teams race to see who can shear a sheep’s wool and turn it into a gar to watch" Rand studied uesses

"A jockey?"

"Do you really think I could afford to buy a racehorse?" I asked in amazement Only the very wealthy citizens had horses to race for sport Theofficers and advisers only Everyone else walked