ou need to stay . Youve been te an ordeal.quot;

    ried to stand up, I met tance of .  rength of a grown man.

    quot;; I asked.

    quot;Béka and Onions ay  some rest.quot;  a sound, and before I could raise a est, to t like gly o me, quot;Youre one of us no; to join thers.

    I lay back doaring into trees and across t, I ured into t I o suc, lonesome place. tnut, oak, and elm grealler  rimming trable.  umps and logs and ts of a campfire. A skink sunned itself on t Igel  upon. Nearby, a box turtle so its s up to take a closer look.

    Standing proved to be a mistake and left me ed. I ed to be  of my motening to o my baby sisters, but instead I felt to ent on ts-cradle in ized me ed, I laid my body do and y. ternoon drifted by cc t of consciousness, I could not move my tired bones, ts t o t troubles t led beneat. op of ing, and somacurned tourned aion and disgust cla one anoturned until t, so tle frog snored contentedly. My stomac, and nausea rolled into me like a fever. Friged to run arange place.