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The Snowmobile

           Let’sgetridofthewomanandhissnotnosedkidfirst,however.Wedon’twanthimtobedistracted.Wedon’t-

           Hewasstandingbythesnowmobile’scockpit,hisheadstartingtoacheagain.Whatdiditcomedownto?Goorstay.Verysimple.Keepitsimple.Shallwegoorshallwestay?

           Ifwego,howlongwillitbebeforeyoufindthelocalholeinSidewinder?avoiceinsidehimasked.ThedarkplacewiththelousycolorTVthatunshavenandunemployedmenspendthedaywatchinggameshowson?Wherethepissinthemen’sroomsmellstwothousandyearsoldandthere’salwaysasoddenCamelbuttunravelinginthetoiletbowl?Wherethebeeristhirtycentsaglassandyoucutitwithsaltandthejukeboxisloadedwithseventycountryoldies?

           Howlong?OhChrist,hewassoafraiditwouldn’tbelongatall.

           "Ican’twin,"hesaid,verysoftly.Thatwasit.Itwasliketryingtoplaysolitairewithoneoftheacesmissingfromthedeck.

           AbruptlyheleanedovertheSkidoo’smotorcompartmentandyankedoffthemagneto.Itcameoffwithsickeningease.Helookedatitforamoment,thenwenttotheequipmentshed’sbackdoorandopenedit.

           Fromheretheviewofthemountainswasunobstructed,picture-postcardbeautifulinthetwinklingbrightnessofmorning.Anunbrokenfieldofsnowrosetothefirstpinesaboutamiledistant.Heflungthemagnetoasfaroutintothesnowashecould.Itwentmuchfurtherthanitshouldhave

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