ttomless pit. Or maybe somet ttom, going to get me.quot;  at the girls, who screamed and giggled.

    quot;I stayed still, considering my situation, Mrs. Day, and I s out to Little Oscar to be cool ting on my nerves. And I says, Im stuck in a  I  you as soon as I can figure out a o get out. And s a tunnel. So I tell o cra out?quot;

    In tance, to roll up t a sudden wrack of lighe song had slipped my mind again.

    quot;Morning comes, so nouck in a  give myself a skos, all I o do is t and dourns out I  or ttom. But my feet are asleep, and my arms are aco take a leak—pardon my Frencired, but t boy—quot;

    e jumped at a loud boom of t t filled tricity and tto first fat drops las betable chairs.

    quot;At ttom of t; Jimmy continued over t;tunnels in t directions. I sed doo unnels, man, unbelievably cool. Lord kno real skinny, like maybe kids made til you come to times big enoug. And at eacunnels. It just noo me t I saV e. Like ts a Vietnamese camp?quot;

    quot;Do you really t; I asked, quot;t tcong  up camp in t;

    quot;No, man. Do you ts o go into tunnels to find t back and fortrying not to get lost,  notice t first because of all t and grime—;

    quot; o ; Mom asked.

    tripped o make s  they were doing.

    quot;Mrs. Day, I  to do  up out of t ledges  notice t up ed, like climbing a ladder.quot;

    I  tter part of a mont t picture tantly digging in the warren.

    quot;It e o tramp back till looking for us. So ting t to do next