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           "Wegotalongwaytogo,buttheworstisbehindusnow."

           Hecircledtheequipmentshedandthenpointedthesnowmobilebackalongtheirtrail.TheOverlookwasatorchnow,flamingatthesky.Greatholeshadbeeneatenintoitssides,andtherewasaredhellinside,waxingandwaning.Snowmeltrandownthecharredguttersinsteamingwaterfalls.

           Theypurreddownthefrontlawnstheirwaywelllit.Thesnowdunesglowedscarlet.

           "Look!"DannyshoutedasHallorannslowedforthefrontgate.Hewaspointingtowardtheplayground.

           Thehedgecreatureswereallintheiroriginalpositions,buttheyweredenuded,blackened,seared.Theirdeadbrancheswereastarkinterlacingnetworkinthefireglow,theirsmallleavesscatteredaroundtheirfeetlikefallenpetals.

           "They’redead!"Dannyscreamedinhystericaltriumph.

           "Dead!They’redead!"

           "Shhh,"Wendysaid."Allright,honey.It’sallright."

           "Hey,doc,"Hallorannsaid."Let’sgettosomeplacewarm.Youready?"

           "Yes,"Dannywhispered."I’vebeenreadyforsolong-"

           Hallorannedgedthroughthegapbetweengateandpost.Amomentlatertheywereontheroad,pointedbacktowardSidewinder.Thesoundofthesnowmobile’senginedwindleduntilitwaslostintheceaselessroarofthewind.Itrattledthroughthedenudedbranchesofthehedgeanimalswithalow,beating,desolatesound

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