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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