"Goodness, it's like a river," Aly says, watching them flow down the hall after Daine like some kind of bunny piper. With so many of them, it's more an undulating, fluffy mass rounding the corner and it takes more of her Da's training than it should to keep her from stepping on one or being bowled over.

"I'm not sure where to get any hay, but some vegetables might be a good place to start?"