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Kid Sampson

           Thepathfromthesquadronledhimaroundamysteriousgunemplacementinthewoods;twoofthethreeenlistedmenstationedtherelaysleepingonthecircleofsandbagsandthethirdsateatingapurplepomegranate,bitingofflargemouthfulsbetweenhischurningjawsandspewingthegroundroughageoutawayfromhimintothebushes.Whenhebit,redjuiceranoutofhismouth.Yossarianpaddedaheadintotheforestagain,caressinghisbare,tinglingbellyadoringlyfromtimetotimeasthoughtoreassurehimselfitwasallstillthere.Herolledapieceoflintoutofhisnavel.Alongthegroundsuddenly,onbothsidesofthepath,hesawdozensofnewmushroomstherainhadspawnedpokingtheirnodularfingersupthroughtheclammyearthlikelifelessstalksofflesh,sproutinginsuchnecroticprofusioneverywherehelookedthattheyseemedtobeproliferatingrightbeforehiseyes.Therewerethousandsofthemswarmingasfarbackintotheunderbrushashecouldsee,andtheyappearedtoswellinsizeandmultiplyinnumberashespiedthem.Hehurriedawayfromthemwithashiverofeeriealarmanddidnotslackenhispaceuntilthesoilcrumbledtodrysandbeneathhisfeetandtheyhadbeenleftbehind.Heglancedbackapprehensively,halfexpectingtofindthelimpwhitethingscrawlingafterhiminsightlesspursuitorsnakingupthroughthetreetopsinawrithingandungovernablemutativemass.

           Thebeachwasdeserted.

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