I just discovered this thread today and I read the whole thing (and most of the comments) in like 15 minutes! There were at least 6 times when I was like this
or this
or like this
or this
etc. Reading the new chapters on this will become a normal routine for me now. Also, it took me until the part about "The Feed Girl" not having school so it's a 3-day weekend to realize: Wait a sec... SHE'S a KID!?!?! These writing abilities are PHENOMENAL for someone your age!
I think you may need to be an author in the future in addition to being "The Feed Girl"
...and by the way... WHEN ARE YOU GONNA MAKE MORE?!?!? I'm addicted! (are you making this story up as you go, or do you have some kind of a plan? And so far, the story has NOTHING to do with any kind of "Big Escape". I mean, they're free-range, aren't they? and yes, this is a very long parenthesses!)