Did cows and pigs have souls? They had life essence. Why would cows and pigs have souls when dolls didn’t? And what was a soul anyway? Lizza knew from her own experience that no two souls were exactly alike because each human soul had affected its life essence differently. Some souls were beautiful, and some not so beautiful. Lizza and mother remained beautiful because they fed off the life-essence of the most beautiful souls they could find. Lizza looked at each of the young mothers who had brought their kids to this playground. Lizza knew to instantly reject women who talked to other women or talked on the telephone instead of watching their children. What Lizza wanted was a woman who demonstrated she loved her children more than she loved herself. Surely, there must be at least one.

