Now, for her villain, Eunice needs a different binder. So she puts "Western Towns" back on the shelf, and goes to pick up a new binder. Her hand passes over many different titles, like "Animals", "Weapons", "Weather", "Music", all the essentials for a good Western, until she finally comes to the binder she wants: "Humans".

      She opens up to the introduction:

      "All humans start out with two legs, two arms, eyes, a nose, and a mouth. They are either male or female, have a name, have a horse with a name, and have different preferences in whiskey. If somone asks, humans can respond with their name."

      You'll notice that Eunice likes to make all body parts variables. This gives her the freedom to change their values later in the story. It is her well-known propensity for gore that has drawn so many readers to Eunice's particular brand of Western. You'll note that she left the sex, name, horse name, and whiskey preference unspecified. Just so all of her humans don't look identical, Eunice prefers to specify those variables when she writes the plot.

      Humans
      have a certain number of legs
      have a certain number of arms
      have a certain number of eyes
      have a certain number of noses
      have a certain number of mouths
      have a name
      have a certain sex
      have a horse with a name
      have a strong preference in whiskey


      A standard human would start with
      two legs
      two arms
      two eyes
      one nose
      one mouth


      When someone asks for your name
      tell them your name

      You, being as sharp as you are, notice that Eunice's human has some interactivity. She can ask its name, and it will respond. This is called a method and is your key to a good time. We'll get to it in just a few pages.

      public class Humans {
      int legs;
      int arms;
      int eyes;
      int nose;
      int mouth;
      String name;
      String sex;
      String horseName;
      String whiskeyPreference;


      public Humans() {
      legs = 2;
      arms = 2;
      eyes = 2;
      nose = 1;
      mouth = 1;
      }
      public String whatIsYourName() {
      return name;

      }
      }

      Boy, it all makes sense except that bit about that "public String whatIsYourName()" business, eh? Don't worry. We'll get to all that in just a little bit.