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I got up early and went hunting for food for the Little People We were tired and cranky, and it took time for us to come to life

After a while I asked Evra what the Little People liked to eat

"Meat,"he replied "Any kind of animal, they don’t care"

"How many animals e need to catch?"I asked

"Well, there’s twelve of theehog between two of theht feed three or four"

"Can you eat hedgehogs?"I asked

"The Little People can,"Evra said "They’re not fussy They’d eat rats and mice, too, but we’d have to catch a lot to feed sowith"

We each took a sack and headed off in different directions Evra told me the er or squirrel, I could stick it in the bag and save some time

I spotted a fox a couple of minutes into the hunt It had a chicken in its mouth and was on its way hoht, then juround

The dead chicken flew out of its , to bite rabbed its neck, and twisted sharply to the left There was a loud crack, and that was the end of the fox

I chucked the chicken into the bag - a nice bonus - but hung on to the fox for a few minutes I needed blood, so I found a vein,

Part of me hated this - it seemed so inhuman - but I reminded myself that I wasn’t human anymore I was a half-va foxes and rabbits and pigs and sheep the first few tiet used to drinking human blood? That was the question I hoped I could avoid feeding on huy, I knew eventually I’d have to or die

I tossed the fox’s corpse into the bag, then went on hunting I found a fa their ears in a nearby pond I crept as close as I could, then struck without warning They scattered in fear, but not before I got ernails into three of the little ones

I added theh for this trip I figured the fox, chicken, and rabbits would easily feed six or seven of the blue-hoods

I er and was feeling pretty pleased with hi I’ve ever had,"he said "Plus I found a field full of cows We’ll go there tonight and steal one That’ll keep the Little People going for a day or two at least"

"Won’t the farmer ns them notice?"I asked

"There are at least a hundred of the theone"

"But cows costwild ani from a farmer is different"

"We’ll leave et it?"I asked

Evra s we’re never short of at the Cirque Du Freak is money,"he assured ain He’d been waiting in the bushes for hours

"Why didn’t you come into the camp?"I asked

"I didn’t want to interrupt,"he said "Besides, I thought soht have let the wolf-man out He didn’t seem to like me when I saw him yesterday"

"He’s like that with everyone,"Evra told hiure it’s best not to take chances"

Sa about us a lot since the day before