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Shelay down with her arms over her head and the dirty stuffed dog clutchedin one pudgy hand. I thought of the pudgy self-satisfied face, the cupid-bow mouth, thenails that looked polished and prissy. I looked across the long, low living room, into the glassy eyesof Bunter the moose, and thought: I3s, but maybe this is a magic placenow. Then Barrow got to his feet a little unsteadily and said he didn't want to wait for the French girls but why not go to that place wher

I looked right and saw thepickup truck parked on the shoulder. I got up from the rock I had been sitting on, stretched my arms and myback, and walked back down the lane, singing one of her songs as I went. Arlen had rescued Petie while the rest of the family stood below,holding hands, frozen with horror and fascination. There was a moment of silence.