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So, second last chapter. Enjoy.

8. Evenings in Dirt

Impatiently Priscilla went on the terrace of doctor’s house to and fro. Although the evening sun touched the horizon, she wouldn’t go home. She pressed her head on the door again and again and listened intently in the hope to hear something. But there was no sound inside the house. Everything was completely quiet. Disappointed she went away and walked around the house. Downstairs there was an open window. Maybe she could climb inside. With effort she pulled a box under the window board and climbed on it. Carefully she peeked inside. Four beds stood in the room. In one bed lay a little brown lizard. Next to it Rango lay in another bed and didn’t move.
She waited a moment. Then she climbed through the window and went up to him.
The other little lizard slept deeply and didn’t notice her which was okay with Priscilla. At a slowly pace she went to Rango’s bed. Sadly, she looked at him with her big, yellow eyes.
"Rango? Rango, please, wake up."
She took his hand. "Wake up, please!"
Rango blinked. "W—wa- is."
"Rango!"
Boisterously she hugged him. Rango didn’t know what’s going on. With effort, he sat up in the bed, while Priscilla spoke on.
"I was afraid for you."
Rango looked around confused. He was still dazed. He cough shortly. His neck still hurt a little.
"Where am I?" he rasped hoarsely.
"You all but almost died," she said.
Rango looked at her with big eyes. "Really? Why… (Coughing) what’s happened?"
"What’s going on here?" Doc asked, who entered the room.
"Little girl, I said, you shall wait outside."
"But there is no danger for me," Priscilla said excited.
"Whatever, you could pass the illness on others. Now you have to stay here."
"I don’t care," she reaffirmed. "I just wanna tarry with him."
Doc shook his head with disappreciation.
"Sheriff, I’m glad you woken up. Beans, come in."
At this moment, Beans entered the room. "Rango. What have you done?"
Rango looked at her uncomprehendingly. "Why? I rode outside as always."
"Let me see in your throat," Doc interrupted him.
Reluctantly Rango opened his mouth and Doc held down his tongue with a wooden spatula. "It looks good again. The serum worked successfully."
"Against what?" Rango asked when his mouth was free again.
"You have had Cold Influenza. Did you never get this illness when you was a child?"
Rango shrugged his shoulders. "Not that I remember. I mean… I don’t know."
"More probably not, otherwise you had never contracted from him."
Doc pointed at the child next in the bed.
Rango scratched his head in embarrassment. "I just touched his forehead."
Doc wrinkled his nose with disgust. "That was enough. If you hadn’t left the town so fast, I would have asked you whether you got the illness in your childhood or not. If you hadn’t came back, it would have been to late for you."
Rango looked at him with asking eyes. "How did I come here?"
"Can you remember anything?" Beans asked.
"I only know that I rode through the desert. Then I became giddy. And then…"
He thought of Bill. The last thing that he can remember he was confined in a shed. He must be fallen asleep with exhaustion sometimes. After that… His memories were vague.
"How did I come here?" Rango asked again.
"We have also no idea," Doc said. "I only know that you lay in front of the backdoor of my house. Dunno how you get there."
"Oh yes," Beans said. "By the way, after your return…"
"Sheriff!"
All looked at the window with surprise, where Spoons’s head was been appeared.
"I’m really glad that you are awake. My roadrunner is back!"
Rango looked at him with surprise. "Oh, really?"
"He stood on the street alone. Thank you very much that you brought him back."
Rango looked around confused. "Eh… oh… yes, you’re welcome."
After Spoons had vanished, Bean crossed her arms thoughtfully.
"That’s all very well," she said. "Spoons’s roadrunner is back again, but where is yours?"
Rango raised his eyes to her. "How? What do you mean?"
"I didn’t see Excelsior yet today. Neither in front of the sheriff office nor in roadrunner barn."
Rango was completely baffled. "How… what… this can’t…"
Suddenly he had a hunch. He slapped his hand against his forehead. "That lizard."

To be continued...

;) (Wink) — Description
So, second last chapter. Enjoy.

8. Evenings in Dirt

Impatiently Priscilla went on the terrace of doctor’s house to and fro. Although the evening sun touched the horizon, she wouldn’t go home. She pressed her head on the door again and again and listened intently in the hope to hear something. But there was no sound inside the house. Everything was completely quiet. Disappointed she went away and walked around the house. Downstairs there was an open window. Maybe she could climb inside. With effort she pulled a box under the window board and climbed on it. Carefully she peeked inside. Four beds stood in the room. In one bed lay a little brown lizard. Next to it Rango lay in another bed and didn’t move.
She waited a moment. Then she climbed through the window and went up to him.
The other little lizard slept deeply and didn’t notice her which was okay with Priscilla. At a slowly pace she went to Rango’s bed. Sadly, she looked at him with her big, yellow eyes.
"Rango? Rango, please, wake up."
She took his hand. "Wake up, please!"
Rango blinked. "W—wa- is."
"Rango!"
Boisterously she hugged him. Rango didn’t know what’s going on. With effort, he sat up in the bed, while Priscilla spoke on.
"I was afraid for you."
Rango looked around confused. He was still dazed. He cough shortly. His neck still hurt a little.
"Where am I?" he rasped hoarsely.
"You all but almost died," she said.
Rango looked at her with big eyes. "Really? Why… (Coughing) what’s happened?"
"What’s going on here?" Doc asked, who entered the room.
"Little girl, I said, you shall wait outside."
"But there is no danger for me," Priscilla said excited.
"Whatever, you could pass the illness on others. Now you have to stay here."
"I don’t care," she reaffirmed. "I just wanna tarry with him."
Doc shook his head with disappreciation.
"Sheriff, I’m glad you woken up. Beans, come in."
At this moment, Beans entered the room. "Rango. What have you done?"
Rango looked at her uncomprehendingly. "Why? I rode outside as always."
"Let me see in your throat," Doc interrupted him.
Reluctantly Rango opened his mouth and Doc held down his tongue with a wooden spatula. "It looks good again. The serum worked successfully."
"Against what?" Rango asked when his mouth was free again.
"You have had Cold Influenza. Did you never get this illness when you was a child?"
Rango shrugged his shoulders. "Not that I remember. I mean… I don’t know."
"More probably not, otherwise you had never contracted from him."
Doc pointed at the child next in the bed.
Rango scratched his head in embarrassment. "I just touched his forehead."
Doc wrinkled his nose with disgust. "That was enough. If you hadn’t left the town so fast, I would have asked you whether you got the illness in your childhood or not. If you hadn’t came back, it would have been to late for you."
Rango looked at him with asking eyes. "How did I come here?"
"Can you remember anything?" Beans asked.
"I only know that I rode through the desert. Then I became giddy. And then…"
He thought of Bill. The last thing that he can remember he was confined in a shed. He must be fallen asleep with exhaustion sometimes. After that… His memories were vague.
"How did I come here?" Rango asked again.
"We have also no idea," Doc said. "I only know that you lay in front of the backdoor of my house. Dunno how you get there."
"Oh yes," Beans said. "By the way, after your return…"
"Sheriff!"
All looked at the window with surprise, where Spoons’s head was been appeared.
"I’m really glad that you are awake. My roadrunner is back!"
Rango looked at him with surprise. "Oh, really?"
"He stood on the street alone. Thank you very much that you brought him back."
Rango looked around confused. "Eh… oh… yes, you’re welcome."
After Spoons had vanished, Bean crossed her arms thoughtfully.
"That’s all very well," she said. "Spoons’s roadrunner is back again, but where is yours?"
Rango raised his eyes to her. "How? What do you mean?"
"I didn’t see Excelsior yet today. Neither in front of the sheriff office nor in roadrunner barn."
Rango was completely baffled. "How… what… this can’t…"
Suddenly he had a hunch. He slapped his hand against his forehead. "That lizard."

To be continued...