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           IlookedatStanny,whowassodrunkhecouldbarelykeephisfeet,andIlookedatthatdeadfall,andIsaid,"Youcan’tclimbthat,StannyB.,you’llbreakyourneck.’

           "Andhesaid,"Iain’tgonnabreakmyneck,me,andneitherareyou.Icanwalkandyoucanlugyourdog."Andhewasright.Hesailedupoverthatdeadfalljustassmoothassilk,neverevenlookingdown,andIluggedSpotallthewayupthere,althoughhemusthaveweighedthirty-fivepoundsorsoandIonlywentaboutninetymyself.Iwanttotellyou,though,Louis,Iwassomesoreandsprungthenextday.Howdoyoufeeltoday?"

           Louisdidn’tanswer,onlynodded.

           "Wewalkedandwewalked,"Judsaid."Itseemedtomewewasgonnawalkforever.Thewoodswerespookierinthosedays.Morebirdscallingfromthetrees,andyoudidn’tknowwhatanyofemwas.Animalsmovingaroundoutthere.Deer,mostlikely,butbackthenthereweremoosetooandbearsandcatamounts.IdraggedSpot.AfterawhileIstartedtogetthefunnyideathatoldStannyB.wasgoneandIwasfollowinganIndian.FollowinganIndianandsomewherefartheralonghe’dturnaround,allgrinningandblack-eyed,hisfacestreakedupwiththatstinkingpainttheymadefrombearfat;thathe’dhaveatommyhawkmadeoutofawedgeofslateandahakeofashwoodalltiedtogetherwithrawhide,andhe’dgrabmebythebackoftheneckandwhackoffmyhairalongwiththetopofmyskull.

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