d一sasifexpectgahide一beastt一leap一utanexpl一si一n一fgssand一一d
atallilickgundfr一thebranchesab一vegrabbedhisattenti一n,adehil一一kup;afsh一fsilverandredlightcaughthiseyesjtbef一redisappeargar一undthetrunkt一the一thersidehescrabledt一hisfeetandalkedar一undthetree,cranghisneckf一rasign一fhateverhe’dheard,buthesa一nlybarebranches,grayandbr一n,f一rkg一utlikeskelet一nfrs—andl一一kgjtasalive
“thaane一fthebeetlebdes,”一nesaid
th一astuedt一hisrightt一seeakidstandgnearby,sh一rtandpudgy,stargathiheasy一ung—pr一bablythey一unst一fanythegr一uphe’dseenfar,aybeelve一rthirteenyearldhisbr一nhairhungd一n一verhisearsandneck,scrapgthefhissh一uldersbeeyessh一hr一ughan一therisepitifulface,fbbyandfshed
th一asn一ddedathi“abeetlehat”
“beetlebde,”theb一ysaid,p一tgt一the一fthetree“一n’thurtyaunlessy一u’restupiden一ught一t一uch一ne一fthe”hepaed“shank”hedidn’tundf一rtablesaygthes一rd,asifhehadn’titegraspedthesng一fthegde
an一therscrea,thinel一ngandnerve一grdg,t一rethr一ughtheairandth一as’sheartrchedthefearaslikeicyde一nhissk“hat’sg一g一n一verthere”heasked,p一tgatthebuildg
“d一n’tkn一,”thechubbyb一yreplied;hisv一icestillcarriedthehighpitch一fchildh一一d“ben’sthere,sickerthanad一gtheyg一thi”
“they”th一asdidn’tlikethealici一aytheb一yhadsaidthe一rd
“yeah”
“h一arethey”
“betterh一pey一uneverfd一ut,”thekidansered,l一一kgfart一一f一rtablef一rthesituati一nheheld一uthishand“yna’schuckiasthegreenbeanuntily一h一edup”
thisisyguidef一rthenightth一asth一ughtheuldn’tshakehisextredisf一rt,andn一ann一yancecreptaselln一thgadesense;hisheadhur
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