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           Weaselwasn’teither,butHotPieretchedupthebeetlehetriedtoswallow,andLommyandGendrywouldn’teventry.YesterdayGendryhadcaughtafrogandshareditwithLommy,and,afewdaysbefore,HotPiehadfoundblackberriesandstrippedthebushbare,butmostlytheyhadbeenlivingonwaterandacorns.Kurzhadtoldthemhowtouserocksandmakeakindofacornpaste.Ittastedawful.

           Shewishedthepoacherhadn’tdied.He’dknownmoreaboutthewoodsthanalltherestofthemtogether,buthe’dtakenanarrowthroughtheshoulderpullingintheladderatthetowerhouse.Tarberhadpackeditwithmudandmossfromthelake,andforadayortwoKurzsworethewoundwasnothing,eventhoughthefleshofhisthroatwasturningdarkwhileangryredweltscreptuphisjawanddownhischest.Thenonemorninghecouldn’tfindthestrengthtogetup,andbythenexthewasdead.

           Theyburiedhimunderamoundofstones,andCutjackhadclaimedhisswordandhuntinghorn,whileTarberhelpedhimselftobowandbootsandknife.They’dtakenitallwhentheyleft.Atfirsttheythoughtthetwohadjustgonehunting,thatthey’dsoonreturnwithgameandfeedthemall.Buttheywaitedandwaited,untilfinallyGendrymadethemmoveon.MaybeTarberandCutjackfiguredtheywouldstandabetterchancewithoutagaggleoforphanboystoherdalong.Theyprobablywouldtoo,butthatdidn’tstopherhatingthemforleaving.

           Beneathhertree,HotPiebarkedlikeadog.

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