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She stunored the snowhook and the next thing She lurched along the ice, e, pulled the hook up, and raced back, calling the dogs as she ran

“Nook, Rudy, Sencha — get up! Get up!” she hollered The three dogs stood, alaro one way, but running the opposite Nook pointed her head toward the shore, then back to Hannah

“Nook!” yelled Hannah “Nook, get up now! Get up! Sencha, go! Get up, go go go!” She threw herself back down at the h the end of the rope, tying it off in a slipknot, still yelling at the dogs to start

Nook, still in her place as wheel dog, shook herself off quickly and started forward, but the other dogs did not understand and did not pull, and soon she stopped

Hannah grabbed Peter’s are to theht of su in

“Get up, guys, let’s go let’s go!” yelled Hannah Out of the corner of her eye she saw a brown blobout to stand a little in front of the gangline, his cut traces dangling down, useless

But he could still lead All the other dogs need is someone to follow A leader

“Bogey!” she yelled She put all her reht, Boge, get up, get up, let’s go, get up!”

And he moved A few steps, then so for the treeline and the distant trail Nook followed i away fro hard because that was his job

The gangline tightened and the sled began to e and into the water, putting her other arainst the hard sides of the ice She set her knees and pulled and twisted, and the sled an to pull hi her back as support

His bad leg cae of the hole, and then they were out and on the thick, safe ice near the shore She pulled the knot on the rope free with nu it into a ss to halt

Hannah and Peter lay on their backs, wheezing and coughing The sun shone doith a freezing grin, but at least there was no wind Her lips were raw, her hands felt like and looked like haer, and her ar it across the fissured ice as he was hauled up

Peter turned and lay face down, breathing heavily Finally, he coughed again and spat up som

“Hannah,” he said

“What?”