IIII MADE THE JUMP TO the human, just barely. More of a hopeful fall. So tired. So very tired. And I was able to grab onto the human's bandanna around his neck, then use the last of my strength to pull myself into the collar of his chore coat. There I could ride and rest. My wings still hurt, and I pulled them close to me so they wouldn't rub on any fabric and tear worse.
The ride wasn't as smooth as flying. More like the swaying back of an elephant. Cats were much easier to ride, especially when they were stalking. Human walking was not as smooth. And this one would bend down as he followed the cow paths under low branches, that the cows made that way in order to scrape the flies off their back. So he'd bend almost half over to get below these. Those were sudden lurches for me.
I was ju
