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           Herememberedthinkingthattheirthingslookedveryinsignificant,boxeduplikethatasmallenoughbulwarkbetweenhisfamilyandthecoldnessofalltheouterworldwheretheirnamesandtheirfamilycustomswerenotknown.

           Howstrangeitallseemed...andhowhewishedtheyhadneverheardoftheUniversityofMaine,orLudlow,orJudandNormaCrandall,oranyofit.

           Hewentupstairsandinthebathroomatthetophegotthestool,stoodonit,andtookdownthesmallblackbagfromontopofthemedicinecabinet.Hetookthisintothemasterbedroom,satdown,andbegantorummagethroughit.Yes,thereweresyringesincaseheneededone,andamidtherollsofsurgicaltapeandsurgicalscissorsandneatlywrappedpapersofsurgicalgutwereseveralampulesofverydeadlystuff.

           Ifneeded.

           Louissnappedthebagshutandputitbythebed.Heturnedofftheoverheadlight,thenlaydown,handsbehindhishead.Toliehereonhisback,atrest,wasexquisite.HisthoughtsturnedtoDisneyWorldagain.Hesawhimselfinaplainwhiteuniform,drivingawhitevanwiththemouse-earslogoonitnothingtoindicateitwasarescueunitontheoutside,ofcourse,nothingtoscarethepayingcustomers.

           Gagewassittingbesidehim,hisskindeeplytanned,thewhitesofhiseyesbluishwithhealth.Here,justtotheleft,wasGoofy,shakinghandswithalittleboy;thekidwasinatranceofwonder.

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