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She giggled again "I' without me for over three hundred years"

"I suppose they'll find a way to get by without you again"

"Right"

They said nothing for a while Finally Samantha said, "We should head back to town They should have so for dinner by now"

As they started through theyou haven't shown ic water come from? The Fountain of Youth"

"Oh, that It's in a cave"

"Can I see it?"

"Sure I'll take you down there toh Just a little bit of that water can go a long way"

"I noticed," he said, rubbing his beard "I haven't looked this good since I enty-five"

"Miss Brighauess not" He squeezed her shoulder "The reverend used it on you?"

"Yes I was ten when I woke up Then before the reverend died he pulled ain"

"I'ain"

"You sure are It couldn't have been easy, though, being a little kid again"

"It wasn't so bad, soh thetheir heads off Those moments had been few and far between "It orst in the dark"

"I would bet You never did like the dark when you were little Your mom used to say your dad would have to sit in your room until you fell asleep"

Sa on a chair much too small for hiled at this ie "Daddy really loved me, didn't he?"

"You bet he did So did your mom So do I" Then Uncle Hector scooped Samantha off her feet He spun her around as if she were still a toddler She screaround

For dinner they had what Phyllis called "rabbit stew" It was etables froham had never cared for rabbit of any sort Whenever she tried to eat it, she pictured those adorable animals with their cute ears and bushy tails That always made her lose her appetite

This ti in her stoetables and sipped the water The chunks of , she slipped theirl to eat, but it was better than her eating the rabbit