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She tightened both hands around the branch and then swung blindly She heard the beast whi sheon the ground, stunned She raised the branch over her head She didn't want to kill it, but there was no hope of ta Pryde's beasts; he had trained the could not be undone

Once she was certain the beast was dead, Samantha knelt down into the bushes to spew the fish she'd eaten for breakfast This ti to do with it

Wendell had hoped to run back to the village for help He knew the others would tease hiirl, but he also knew he couldn't rescue Sa one of those required so like David

His plan soon went awry as he realized he had no idea where he was In his flight from the monster, he had run blindly into the woods Now he could only see trees and bushes all around; they looked the same as all the other trees and bushes in this area

Then his foot caught a root and he found hied through the air, his arirlish screa firroaned

A moment later, he heard Prudence whisper, "Samantha?"

"No, it's me Wendell"

"Oh, you Where's Samantha?"

"I don't know"

"You don't know? Didn't you co for you Then one of those et help"

"And you ended up in here Well done"

"I didn'tso fast-"

"That's what happened toto die" It was too dark in the hole to see more than an outline of Prudence's chubby face, but he could hear her crying

"We won't die Samantha will find us"

"No she won't She'll never find us in here We'll end up just like the other one"

"What other one?"

"The other one who fell in here You're probably sitting on her Or hi about?"

"When I fell in here, I found a skull One of the other children fell in here and died, probably a long tiot to his feet He flailed around until he wound up tripping and falling back on top of Prudence She shoved him off of her "Stop it!"