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Sae of the forest to look for soh that wasn't soaked fro the fire She wished she'd kept the matches she'd found in Mr Pryde's hut That would be a lot easier than trying to rub together sticks or bang stones together in the hope of creating a spark

By the ti up He had a white tube in his arette, she recalled Herto cancer or other terrible diseases Why would he want that?

"There you are," he said "I thought you'd gone and left estured with the firewood "I was going to o running around here at night" He ood splint You in the Girl Scouts or soht, you have amnesia"

"Amnesia?"

"That's what they call it when you can't reirls For old folks like me they call it dementia"

"You're not old"

"I'm a lot older than you, kid What are you, fifteen?"

"Twelve I think"

"Really?" Like the boys on Eternity did, he stared at her chest "I guess you're not a late bloo red She fuado , as he said, "I didn't "

"It doesn't feel like it"

"It hen you get older"

"You mean as old as you?"

He snorted at this "Not that old More like when you really are fifteen"

"Oh"

Once she finished arranging the wood, she went to find a few rocks to arette in his h it looked much smaller He blew out a streah

"Sorry about this Bad habit Don't ever take it up For one thing it costs a fortune"

"It does?"

"More every year Damned politicians"

"Politicians," she echoed The tere, like Reverend Crane or Miss Brigha the rocks in position and then looked for soado's cigarette "How did you light that? Do you have a piece of flint?"