He wondered how long it would be before he, too, felt the effects. He looked at Big Thumb.
It didn't seem any closer than when they first started out. Zero took a deep breath and managed to sit up.
“Can you walk?” Stanley asked him. “Just give me a second,” Zero said.
He took another breath, then, using the shovel, pulled himself back to his feet.
He gave Stanley the thumbs-up sign and they continued. Sometimes Stanley would try to go for a long while without looking at Big Thumb.
He'd make a mental snapshot of how it looked, then wait maybe ten minutes before looking at it again, to see if it seemed closer.
It never did. It was like chasing the moon. And if they ever reached it, he realized, then they'd still have to climb it.
“I wonder who she was,” said Zero. “Who?” “Mary Lou,” said Zero.
Stanley smiled. “I guess she was once a real person on a real lake. It's hard to imagine.”
“I bet she was pretty,” said Zero. “Somebody must have loved her a lot, to name a boat after her.”
“Yeah,” said Stanley. “I bet she looked great in a bathing suit, sitting in the boat while her boyfriend rowed.”
Zero used the shovel as a third leg. Two legs weren't enough to keep him up.
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