"You're squirming on my backpack," Sam grunted as he tried to shift her to a comfortable position. Sam wasn't exactly scrawny, but he wasn't buff either. Coraline just didn't know how to jump.

"Take some lessons on how to jump up for a piggy back," he said, shifting a bit more until he could grab her legs. "And of course you could, because I know how to be a piggy backer. You suck at this. You are the Gilgi of piggy back riders."