“I’m going to be moving back to America in less than two months’ time,” said Trudi.

“I know. You told me that as well. I didn’t know how I’d be able to come with you as a fourteen year old kid stuck living here in Ireland. But we were running out of time to think things through, when we saw the giantess approaching the oven to take us out and eat us. I told you I’d have to work out the fine details once I got back into my younger self. Now that it’s done, my shrinking may turn out to be the best possible outcome. Since I can’t let anyone else know of my tiny size anyway, I might as well be a secret part of your luggage when you fly out to the States,” said Murray.

“I suppose you’re too young to have had any metallic surgical implants,” said Trudi.

“All I’ve ever had done is my appendix being taken out,” said Murray.

“That means you won’t set off any detectors at the airport,” said Trudi, “I’ll be sure never to walk through that portal if I still take those bushwalks in 13 years time.”

“You will,” he said, “You told me you came back to visit Ireland, but took walks in the forests around the neighbouring village, so that you’d have a bit more privacy away from any fans who remembered you from the show and whatever shows you do after that.”

He couldn’t tell her about the ‘Mountains Family’ reunion movie, and she would discover the rest of her career for herself in the years to come.

Trudi kissed him again and took him to the kitchen. She prepared a nice meal, and placed small portions for him onto a saucer. Then she took everything to the dining room table, sat down and ate and talked with him. After that, she partly filled the bathroom basin up with water, and let him bathe in it, while she took a shower. She changed into an evening gown, collected him from the bathroom after he’d climbed out of the basin onto its soap rack and dried off with the clean handkerchief she’d folded into a small towel for him.

They started watching a television show together, and then came the first commercial break.

“What did you mean by not being that much of a fan?” she asked.

“Well I’d only watched cartoons as a kid. I discovered the Easter Special and one other episode, the only two to be released on video in fact, when I was almost 27. I watched them both, and had no chance to see the original series in full. Then I met you, and we were stuck in the giant land for two years.”

The advertisements came to an end again, and she turned her head back to the screen while he sat comfortably on her shoulder.

When the program was finished, she carried him up to her bedroom and climbed into bed, placing him gently beside her.