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‘Someday you will’

‘Well …’

‘Can I stay?’

‘Okay’

‘Hold ht’

‘Why?’

‘You ever think the Earth’s spinning at twenty–five thousand ht off if you shut your eyes and forget to hold on’

‘Give me your hand There Is that better?’

‘Yeah I can sleep now You had me scared there for a while’

Ain and out

‘Tom?’

‘Yeah?’

‘You see? I didn’t ditch you, after all’

‘Thank gosh, Doug, oh, thank gosh’

A wind came up outside and shook all the trees and every leaf, every last one fell off and blew across the lawn