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Gift for the Darkness
Rogerranroundtheheap,proddingwithhisspearwheneverpigfleshappeared.Jackwasontopofthesow,stabbingdownwardwithhisknife.Rogerfoundalodgmentforhispointandbegantopushtillhewasleaningwithhiswholeweight.Thespearmovedforwardinchbyinchandtheterrifiedsquealingbecameahighpitchedscream.ThenJackfoundthethroatandthehotbloodspoutedoverhishands.Thesowcollapsedunderthemandtheywereheavyandfulfilleduponher.Thebutterfliesstilldanced,preoccupiedinthecenteroftheclearing.
Atlasttheimmediacyofthekillsubsided.Theboysdrewback,andJackstoodup,holdingouthishands.
"Look."
Hegiggledandflickedthemwhiletheboyslaughedathisreekingpalms.ThenJackgrabbedMauriceandrubbedthestuffoverhischeeks.Rogerbegantowithdrawhisspearandboysnoticeditforthefirsttime.Robertstabilizedthethinginaphrasewhichwasreceiveduproariously.
"Rightupherass!"
"Didyouhear?"
"Didyouhearwhathesaid?"
"Rightupherass!"
ThistimeRobertandMauriceactedthetwoparts;andMaurice’sactingofthepig’seffortstoavoidtheadvancingspearwassofunnythattheboyscriedwithlaughter.
