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           ItwasundeniablethatifaplaceliketheMicmacburyinggroundexisted(asitdid)andifpeopleknewofit(asafewoftheolderLudlowitesdid),thensoonerorlatersomeonewouldtrytheexperiment.HumannatureasLouisunderstooditmadeitmoredifficulttobelievethatithadstoppedatafewpetsandvaluablebreedanimals.

           Allright,thendidhealsobelievethatTimmyBatermanhadbeentransformedintosomesortofall-knowingdaemon?

           Thatwasamoredifficultquestion,andhewaswaryofitbecausehedidn’twanttobelieveit,andhehadseentheresultsofthatsortofmind-setbefore.

           No,hedidnotwanttobelieveTimmyBatermanhadbeenadaemon,buthewouldnotabsolutelycouldnotallowhimselftoletwhathewantedcloudhisjudgment.

           LouisthoughtaboutHanratty,thebull.Hanratty,Judsaid,hadturnedmean.So,inhisway,hadTimmyBaterman.Hanrattyhadlaterbeen"putdown"bythesamemanwhohadsomehowdraggedthebull’sbodyuptotheMicmacburyinggroundonasledge.TimmyBatermanhadbeen"putdown"byhisfather.

           ButbecauseHanrattyhadgonebad,didthatmeanthatallanimalswentbad?No.Hanrattythebulldidnotprovethegeneralcase;Hanrattywasinfactanexceptiontothegeneralcase.LookbackattheotheranimalsJud’sdogSpot,theoldwoman’sparakeet,Churchhimself.

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