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His whole body, caught in fear and revulsion froze as the snake moved relentlessly upward, and he could hardly contain the hysterical scream that ro..
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At first, the shock stupefied him. It was as if he had been hurled from a comfy dream into an awakening so terrible that both his mind and his body ..
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Already he was growing concious of his body. Small aches were becoming manifest in several isolated regions, in his buttocks and thighs, in his midr..
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The snake move briefly, convulsively. He thought for a moment that it might emerge and leave him, but no, it settled again, nestling more firmly again..
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For a time he relapsed into a near coma, then crept back to a painful reality in which he alternated between passive resignation and almost suicidal..
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Then one of the dogs moved, whimpering in its sleep. He wondered if it was his dog, and a new wave of terror swept over him. Suppose his blue cattle..
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At last all hope seeped out of him and he lay like a discarded doll, his unseeing eyes staring blankly into the limbs of the tree above him. Then slow..
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Every second brought more light flooding through the bush, and he gave up trying to call the others for fear of rousing the dogs.
The sun rolled ..
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.. The hours dragged interminably on, with death's messenger lying in comfortable repose between his knees ..
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Lost and Muddled
At the galvin crossing Earzo stood examining the signpost for several minutes in some bewilderment. The names on the four metal pl..
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