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Uncle Hector decreed everyone take the rest of the day off, except for Wendell He would be testing the solution he had concocted from the sap of various trees to make sure it would hold water As they left the beach, Uncle Hector put his arood, kid"

"The others did a lot too"

"But you're the leader To think a girl your age is running an island like this Your parents would be so proud"

"You think so?"

"I know so After all, I'm damned proud of you, so they would be even more so"

"Thanks"

"Now that I' led at this "Sure, Prince Hector"

She let Prudence and Rebecca take the other children back to the church to rest By now David and his hunters should have found soone off to sulk for the rest of the day Boys, she grumbled to herself

At least Uncle Hector wasn't like them But then he wasn't a boy; he was athe path that wound doards the barns and fields "It looks like we'll be going alone," she said

"Why's that? Your friends don't want to come?"

"They're scared Eternity is all they know"

"They don't re from where they came from?"

"No Reverend Crane had some kind of potion to wipe their memories Plus at times he would make most of them into infants When they're too small they can't hold on to the old memories"

"Is that potion what he used on you?"

"I think so, but it didn't work right I can still res" She looked down at her feet as they reached the fields "Sos on its own It's like who I used to be-Lucinda-will just take over and , ot into your scrapes Not everyone in Maine is so accepting of a little Hispanic girl"

"Hispanic?"

"It means you're of Spanish ancestry Spain is a country that's very far away"

"Was my randparents, they cao" Before she could ask, he elaborated, "Cuba is an island, a bit bigger than this one It's over a thousand miles south of here"

"Why did they leave Cuba?"

"Some bad people took over So they left and went to Mia way froo there so you can see where your rew up"