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Ferdclance! Gah about snakes to realize she was face-toface with a killer Goosebumps rose on her skin She felt extremely exposed

"What should we do?" she whispered, watching the flat headback and forth as if in time to unheard music

"Don't panic It should ht, probably into that patch of shade If it comes this way, stay where you are and I'll distract it"

Garown unco she could remain that way She wanted the snake toin her direction

The snake an to uncoil to its full length As Chi said, it was a big one, as long as a rass to the shade cast by a small tree and took up residence next to Chi's faithful ainst the trunk

"You canSit up slowly" She turned to see Chi on his knees He put down the boulder he was clutching

"How long was it there?"

About a half hour before you woke up Usually snakes will retreat if you give them a chance, but you can never tell with Yellow Beard, especially if you disturb its sleep It can be quite aggressive He can have my machete if he wants it How do you feel?"

"Okay, except that so my head as a football What's this mush where my hair used to be?"

"I made a poultice of medicinal leaves The pharmacy was closed"

"How long have we been here?" she said, rubbing the aret the circulation back

A few hours You slept off and an The bitter taste you have in your ot a nasty bump on a rock when the boat went over"

Vagueback "The rapids! Why aren't we dead?"

Chi pointed to the sky "You don't remember?"

The helicopter The fragsaw puzzle parts She and the professor were in the pra them toward the rocks Then the roar of the deadly water was drowned out by a clatter The red-and-white chopper they had sighted earlier circled above the river