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S
a
m
son
t
u
r
ned
a
w
ay
fr
om
W
ill
ow
and
l
oo
k
ed
do
w
n at
t
he
pu
rri
ng
littl
e
f
e
li
ne
i
n
h
i
s
l
ap,
s
t
a
ri
ng
lo
ng and
ha
r
d
i
n
t
o her
y
e
ll
ow
e
y
es.
H
e
cou
l
d
f
eel
her
sou
l

f
eel
t
he
rel
ease of pa
i
n
and
f
ear
as
i
t
l
e
f
t
her
bod
y
.
A
nd he
cou
l
d
f
e
e
l
her
g
r
a
t
i
t
ude.
Y
es,
t
he
r
e
w
as
a
f
ee
li
ng
of
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
a
k
i
n
t
o
a

‘t
hank
y
ou’
i
n
t
he
r
e
so
m
e
w
he
r
e.
N
ot
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
y
ou

d
put
i
n
t
o
w
o
r
ds
as
an e
m
o
ti
on,
but
i
t
w
as
j
ust
a
sense
of
b
ei
n
g
.
T
he
cat so
m
ehow
k
new
he

d he
l
ped he
r
.

H
e
popped
a
g
en
tl
e
k
i
ss
t
o
t
he
t
op
of
her
head and pa
tt
ed
her
so
ftl
y
,
be
f
o
r
e
w
a
l
k
i
ng o
v
er
t
o
t
he s
i
de
of
t
he s
tr
eet and
r
e
l
eas
i
ng
her
on
t
he s
i
de
w
a
l
k
.

S
he
s
t
a
r
ed
up
at
h
i
m
and
he
cou
l
d
f
eel
her
r
e
l
u
c
t
ance
t
o
l
ea
v
e h
i
s
s
i
de.


G

on, 
T
ab
it
ha, 
y
ou
’r
e   o
k
a
y
,”   he  
w
h
i
s
pe
r
ed.
A
lt
hou
g
h
he
w
as
su
r
e
she
cou
l
d
hear
h
i
s
w
o
r
ds
i
n
h
e
r
m
i
nd,
t
he
sa
m
e
as
he
cou
l
d
f
eel
w
hat
she
w
as
f
ee
li
ng
i
n
h
i
s
and
li
k
e
i
t
had been
w
it
h
C
i
sco,
i
t
w
as
a
l
m
ost
unne
r
v
i
n
g
.

S
he
headed
up
t
he
s
t
one
w
a
l
k
w
ay
t
o
w
a
r
d
s
t
he
w
e
ll
-
k
ept
littl
e
house
t
hey
s
t
ood
i
n
fr
ont
o
f
,
and
g
a
v
e
h
i
m
one qu
i
ck
bac
k
w
a
r
d
g
l
ance be
f
o
r
e sasha
y
i
ng
up
t
he s
t
eps.

S
a
m
son
s
m
il
ed
and
t
hen
s
i
g
hed
hea
v
il
y as
he
b
r
ushed
t
he
ha
i
r
back
fr
om
h
i
s
f
o
r
ehead,
r
e
m
e
m
be
ri
ng
t
hat
W
ill
ow
w
as
s
t
and
i
ng
by
t
he
car
bu
r
n
i
ng
ho
l
es
i
n
h
i
s
back
r
i
g
ht
now
w
it
h her
e
y
es,
w
onde
ri
ng
w
hat
t
he he
l
l
w
as
g
o
i
ng
on.

H
e
cou
l
d
t
e
l
l
she
w
as
sca
r
ed
sh
itl
ess,
and
he
w
asn

t su
r
e
w
hat
he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
t
e
l
l
he
r
,
but
he

d
be
tt
er
co
m
e
up
w
it
h
so
m
e
t
h
i
ng
qu
i
c
k
.
T
he
tr
u
t
h?
C
h
ri
s
t
.
H
ow
w
ou
l
d
she
e
v
er be
li
e
v
e
t
ha
t
.
B
ut
he
w
onde
r
ed
ri
g
ht
about
now
i
f
he
e
v
en
had a
cho
i
ce
i
n
t
he
m
a
tt
e
r
.
P
r
e
tt

m
uch
an
y
t
h
i
ng  he
t
o
l
d
her
w
asn

t
g
o
i
ng
t
o
add
up,
so
he
w
as
sc
r
e
w
ed
no
m
a
tt
er
w
hat
he
d
i
d.
H
e
pu
ll
ed
h
i
s
l
ea
t
her
j
ac
k
et
ti
g
h
t
er
a
r
ound
h
i
m
,
t
u
r
ned
on
h
i
s
heel
and
w
a
l
k
ed
t
o
t
he
tr
uck
s
l
o
w
l
y
,
r
each
i
ng
out
t
o
t
a
k
e
W
ill
o
w

s
hand
i
n
h
i
s
o
w
n
as
he
s
t
epped
o
v
er
t
he
cu
r
b.
S
he
bac
k
ed
up
fr
om
h
i
m
ab
r
up
tl
y and
pu
ll
ed
her
hand
a
w
a
y
, her
b
r
o
w
s
k
n
i
t
i
n bo
t
h con
f
us
i
on and
f
ea
r
.

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