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The lantern slipped from her hand as she heard an inhu her? She heard another howl, this time accompanied by a clap of thunder Samantha retrieved the lantern and then held it up The tree branches were dancing like mad from the wind

A storm, that must be what hadslashed through the sky Not tonight, Sa Eternity

She barely had time to turn around before the rain was upon her It was as if someone had dumped a bucket of water on her She dropped her own pitcher of water and the pillowcase as she took off running The lantern ed to stay lit for a minute or two before its fire went out Sahten her load

A gust of wind roared through the trees before hurling Samantha from her feet She landed what round She lay there for aher in an instant She forced herself up to her feet and then swept a veil of wet hair froe She couldn't stay out here in this storm To emphasize this, she heard a tree creak A ether split in half Sa crushed

She decided to stay in the forest, where the trees would protect her a little from the wind and rain That was unless the storm smashed more of the trees Still, there didn't seem much choice at the moment Samantha ran

The storm had blotted out theShe had to rely on keeping her hands out in front of her to keep her fro into any of the trees The farther she went, theto find the village She wouldn't be able to find Miss Brighae or Reverend Crane's old house either She was stuck out here

Her foot tripped over soround Sa not fro to die out here, of that she was certain She would die here without ever seeing her parents again Not only that, she would die without ever getting to apologize to Prudence or any of the others for saying such terrible things to them Prudence had been her best friend and now for the rest of her life she would think Samantha had never liked her