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Chapter 8

           "You’resureaboutthehole?Haveyouever..."Hepaused,waitingfortheinterruption,butnonecame."Haveyouevertriedmakingarope?"

           "Yeah,theydid.Withtheivy.Longestonetheycouldpossiblymake.Let’sjustsaythatlittleexperimentdidn’tgosowell."

           "Whatdoyoumean?"Whatnow?Thomasthought.

           "Iwasn’there,butIheardthekidwhovolunteeredtodoithadonlygonedownabouttenfeetwhensomethingswooshedthroughtheairandcuthimcleaninhalf."

           "What?"Thomaslaughed."Idon’tbelievethatforasecond."

           "Oh,yeah,smartguy?I’veseenthesucker’sbones.Cutinhalflikeaknifethroughwhippedcream.Theykeephiminaboxtoremindfuturekidsnottobesostupid."

           ThomaswaitedforChucktolaughorsmile,thinkingithadtobeajokewhoeverheardofsomeonebeingcutinhalf?Butitnevercame."You’reserious?"

           Chuckjuststaredbackathim."Idon’tlie,Greeuh,Thomas.Comeon,let’sgooverandseewho’scomingup.Ican’tbelieveyouonlyhavetobetheGreenbeanforoneday.Klunkhead."

           Astheywalkedover,Thomasaskedtheonequestionhehadn’tposedyet."Howdoyouknowit’snotjustsuppliesorwhatever?"

           "Thealarmdoesn’tgooffwhenthathappens,"Chuckanswered,simply."Thesuppliescomeupatthesametimeeveryweek.Hey,look."Chuckstoppedandpointedtosomeoneinthecrowd.ItwasGally,staringdeadatthem.

           "Shuckit,"Chucksaid."Hedoesnotlikeyou,man."

           "Yeah,"Thomasmuttered."Figuredthatoutalready."

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