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Chapter 12
Well,whathappenedtothem?Whathappenedtothefolksinthatcar?Didtheywalk?Wherearethey?Wheredoesthecouragecomefrom?Wheredoestheterriblefaithcomefrom?
Andheresastoryyoucanhardlybelieve,butit’strue,andit’sfunnyandit’sbeautiful.Therewasafamilyoftwelveandtheywereforcedofftheland.Theyhadnocar.Theybuiltatraileroutofjunkandloadeditwiththeirpossessions.Theypulledittothesideof66andwaited.Andprettysoonasedanpickedthemup.Fiveofthemrodeinthesedanandsevenonthetrailer,andadogonthetrailer.TheygottoCaliforniaintwojumps.Themanwhopulledthemfedthem.Andthat’strue.Buthowcansuchcouragebe,andsuchfaithintheirownspecies?Veryfewthingswouldteachsuchfaith.
Thepeopleinflightfromtheterrorbehind—strangethingshappentothem,somebitterlycruelandsomesobeautifulthatthefaithisrefiredforever.
