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"We've been hoping you would come to us with Bart's

secret"

None of it was easy to say "Well," I began

slowly, hoping to find the right words, "first, you

should know Bart has lots of nightmares in which he

wakes up crying He pretends too much, such as

hunting big game and normal kid stuff like that, but

when I catch hiround,

then digging up a nasty old bone and carrying it

between his teeth to bury it somewhere else, that's

going too far" I paused and waited for them to say

so Mom had her head turned as if she was

listening to hear the wind Dad leaned forward,

watching me intensely

"Go on, Jory," he urged "Don't stop now