Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 96

           

           Hisarmsclawedatthewater,searchingthewallsofthehollowforsomethingtograbonto.Onlysmoothstone.Hehadfallenthroughanabandonedwellcovering.Hescreamedforhelp,buthiscriesreverberatedinthetightshaft.Hecalledoutagainandagain.Abovehim,thetatteredholegrewdim.

           Nightfell.

           Timeseemedtocontortinthedarkness.Numbnesssetinashetreadedwaterinthedepthsofthechasm,calling,cryingout.Hewastormentedbyvisionsofthewallscollapsingin,buryinghimalive.Hisarmsachedwithfatigue.Afewtimeshethoughtheheardvoices.Heshoutedout,buthisownvoicewasmuted…likeadream.

           Asthenightworeon,theshaftdeepened.Thewallsinchedquietlyinward.Theboypressedoutagainsttheenclosure,pushingitaway.Exhausted,hewantedtogiveup.Andyethefeltthewaterbuoyhim,coolinghisburningfearsuntilhewasnumb.

           Whentherescueteamarrived,theyfoundtheboybarelyconscious.Hehadbeentreadingwaterforfivehours.Twodayslater,theBostonGloberanafront-pagestorycalled"TheLittleSwimmerThatCould."

           

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