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Saes The soil was alive Wor up fro toward EZ, who screaony mixed with confusion

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of the cabbage field The worht as well have been a wall, the worms all on one side

EZ ca electrocuted, jerking, flailing like sos cut

Three, four feet away, a long arm-stretch away, Sam saw the worm erupt from the skin of EZ’s throat

And then another fro, sagged to the ground, just sat there lied

“HelpFading Then just staring, blank

The only sounds now came frole sound, one bigwetly

A worm spilled from EZ’s mouth

Sam raised his hands, palms out

“Sam, no!” Albert yelled Then, in a quieter voice, “He’s already dead He’s already dead”

“Albert’s right,in the field, don’t give the hands still dug into Sah Saer

“And don’t touch hiive me, don’t touch him”

The black wor a dead beetle

It felt like a very long time before the worms slithered away and tunneled back into the earth