ed ail Igel o a copy of the boy.

    quot;Do you understand, Oscar?quot; Igel taunted anding nose-to-nose. quot;I am you and ake your place, and you ay ;

    tared at  not recognizing ion. I fougo go to Oscar, to offer kindness and reassurance. Speck sidled up to me and spat out, quot;t;

    Stepping a;Boys and girls. I oo long and noake my leave. My time in t. Your paradise is vanis in t in ter, and all t go o be trading places  better t to remain ;  o trees and tar-filled skies. quot;For t;

    Igel o Oscar and untied ical; it o tell ;Im going doo tunnel noo tell a story to t. Ill take ing sion.  on t;

    As ion. Soon after, t to tunnel entry to pluck out Oscars naked body. t , as if ely rying to be calm. ing op our soil  notice t Speck ayed beation as ed our package o t. In midair, t into ter.  off to crieve ted to pull it asood termined to be o to be understanding and patient as ransition.

    All sucrievers ed aso fiser, but it never floated to te to t-deep, frantically searcil, exed and gasping for breato tream to a ford  Oscar could not be found. e kept vigil t and o tones and tree limbs  ter did not yield its secrets. tement. Kivi and Blomma  to look out for truders. Red-faced and panting, ter, collecting us from our scattered posts along the riverbank.

    quot;t; said Blomma, quot;;

    quot;t; said Kivi.

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    quot;Igel broug to our ;

    t crisis as our netention. quot;Quick, back to camp. ay in tunnels until t;

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