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delicately tweezed one fat boy froot with the jig’s hook It was really a waste;

she’d already hooked one But Eli needed a fire lit under his butt "If

you want to waaait and help ht as cherries and almost too delicate for a

boy, corkscrewed "I hate it when you do that"

"No out another orm, Ellie smacked her

lips "Taastee--"

"Gah" Eli did aSunny was

what Grandpa Jack would’ve said "Fine, you win Just stop" Eli reeled

up a steel chain stringer and eight dripping black-spotted crappies,

attached via snap hooks through their gills, fro fish at array

bullet of a loves

always ss pranced excited

circles "Roc always smells like fish My saddle smells like sardines" She bit back a snark about killer farts, although even she was tired

of s"At least everyone’s

eating"

"And you always ser "Howto be, so I knohen it’s

tiet worried that you’ve been eaten?"

"Oh, ha-ha Maybe another hour, hour and a half" It was just

so to say Since Alex had Mickey Mouse, Ellie hadn’t the foggiest what tiht" "You’re sure you’re okay with the tackle?"

"Of course I’m okay I’m always okay," she muttered under her