asked, ennis s;I migo squeeze into t; My feet felt damp and che cold ground.

    Smaolaced around and picked out t broipped eel plate. quot;trust me, toasty all er long, and a long time in t;

    quot;But too small.quot;

    quot;Dont you knoo rousers pocket and pulled out a pair of t;And I found t;

    tion. t ser and an oilskin jacket, test days.

    As ts lengts and solitary beds for a olen blankets. t togetangled clump. I rat of tu-ation, alt of my friends id odors about t of t be t, from ty of summer to te fall and tion of er. Several of tures  ty. Indeed, a  all, so taking a bateets ers, but some of tiest beasts.

    t first er, I yearned to go er-gat convened at dusk and da.  beo suffer babysitters like t toad Béka and sones at ture.

    On a gray morning, Igel o stay beo c, my friend Smaolac  of tea from dried bark and peppermint, and as ched a cold rain fall, I pressed my case.

    quot; you let me go ;

    quot;My great fear is t youll run ary to return , Aniday. You are one of us no; Igel sipped ea and stared at a point far off. After a decent interval, letting o my mind, inued. quot;On true obedience and deference. I cudent of our ;

    Smaolacared into t lan-guage, all vo sentence, ts before spitting t. ternally puzzled over  process tation over, Igel resumed udy of the horizon.

    quot;Youre to come ernoon,quot; Smaolacorial ;ell ss as soon as t of t back.quot;

    quot;You better dress ; Igel advised. quot;t;

    On cue,