NIGHT CRUISING (39 page)

The thought of food
made her stomach churn. “Let’s go hunting,” she
said, jolly now that she had made the panther her friend and cohort.
“Come! You catch the prey and we will feast on it together.”

The panther, now
completely under her power, turned with her, wheeling toward the
upward bank and together they climbed back into the chaos of the
jungle to look for their midnight supper.

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