"Well I'll be, I ain't never seen anyone quite so tiny in all my days," chuckled the cowgirl as she reached down to pick you up off the dusty ground.

She raised you up to her face and under the shade of her hat. "Darn tootin you're a cutie all right," she said, examining your shrunken body. "You're lucky, little one. My mare mighta smushed you into mush if I didn't see you. But don't worry, I'm travelin' alone so don't mind the company, I'll keep ya safe!"