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hasigh,shelookedupthehill.noballthehatverysteepslope.

isendkadyting

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judedeveraux

doountainside.shedneverseenanyoneveashedid.hepletelyheedlessofhiso.kadyeofit,butsheuldtellthathedneverhearher.

heseedtoreachherhinsends,grabbingherinhisar

itated.kadyuldtellbythefine,”shesaid.”ididnthurtanything.i

heranhishandsoverallofherbodyiachedusthavesliddohedistahegravelhadprotectedher.

butnothinghadprotectedle.there

his,histrouserso.

”liestill,”hesaid,hisvoinothurt.”sheuldtellbyhisfaseeit.

ledidntsayabbackuptothetop.

afterthefirstfeinutesofhised.andakedspendthenightrightadenoprotest.

nordidheprotesttorevehisshirtsosheuldwashhiswounds.

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legend

ideitustheaboutonions,andaboutthepresidenti.shealsotalkedaboryandhisothoftheeeredeveryraberelyedtoretu.

”there,”shesaidatlastasshetobehurtfatally,butyoullbesoretdohathilllikethatwasa

reallystupidthingtodo.iyouandtoldyouiyou”