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"I’ backward "You’re just so a mean trick"

"Eee-ee-ee-ee-ee,"Evra screeched

I shook a branch, Evra rattled a bush, then I tossed a stone into the area just ahead of the boy His head was spinning around like a puppet’s, darting all over the place He didn’t knohether it would be safer to run or stay

"Look, I don’t knoho you are,"he began, "but I’m -"

Evra snuck up behind hiue and ran it over the boy’s neck, h for the boy He screahing our heads off, h thorn bushes as though they weren’t there, screaot tired after a few et away, but then he tripped and went sprawling into a patch of really high grass

We stood, trying to spot hin of him

"Where is he?"I asked

"I can’t see hiht?"

"I don’t know"Evra looked worried "He "

"Kid?"I shouted "Are you okay?"No answer "You don’t need to be afraid We won’t hurt you We were only kidding We didn’t -"

There was a rustling noise behind us, then I felt a hand on rass Evra fell withwith shock, we heard so behind us

We turned around slowly, and there was the kid, doubled over with laughter

"I got you! I got you!"he sang "I saw you cohtened I ah we felt pretty stupid, e stood and looked at each other we burst out laughing He’d led us into a patch of grass filled with sticky green seeds and ere covered in the plant,"I joked

"You look like the Jolly Green Giant,"Evra replied

"Both of you look stupid,"the boy said We stared at hirumbled

"I suppose you think this is funny,"I snarled He nodded silently "Well, I’ve got news for you,"I said, stepping closer, putting on the ly, then burst into a shed happily, relieved that we could see the funny side of things, then stuck out his hands, one to each of us "Hey,"he said as we shook "My name’s Sam Grest Nice to ht to myself, "Looks like this is friend number two Cool"

And Sam did become my friend But by the ti with all my heart that I’d never even heard his name