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remarked on how much he missed not having eggs in the morning.
     
    “I noticed that ducks and geese have settled around the ponds,” Cami said. “It takes about thirty days for eggs to hatch so we could have eggs up to that time.”
     
    “Wish we could find some chickens or wild turkeys,” Gene said. “I’d keep them alive just for the eggs.”
     
    “I found some vegetable seeds in the landscaping dept.,” Roxanne volunteered. “Anyone know anything about planting? Now would be the time to start doing it.” Morgan said that he would take a try at it and then they all became busy killing the ten0 or so Ze’s at the fence.
     
    “When I first arrived here there weren’t any Ze’s” Roxanne said when they finished. “After Ed started the Ferris wheel a few started drifting in but that was weeks ago. Yesterday we had twenty, the day before fifteen. I think it is the noise we’re making by fortifying this place and they all seem to be coming from this section that Ed was clearing. I wonder where this dirt road leads.”
     
    Gene asked Roxanne if she had checked her car parked outside the grounds since Ed started the Ferris wheel. She had only checked it that once and decided to show them the location. If Ze’s were still accumulating there she would have the advantage of their help to clear them out. Morgan decided to check on those seeds that Roxanne had mentioned and Lucky had taken a double shift last night so he was sleeping in. Gene, Brandon, Cami and Roxanne followed the overgrown path to that section of the park, going over a small bridge that managed to survive neglect and through a small tunnel that appeared to be a bike trail at one time.
     
    As they exited the tunnel Gene stopped and said, “Jesus, I didn’t know this was back here.”
     
    “It appears to have been a petting zoo at one time,” Roxanne said. “From what I can tell the mountain side is divided up into sections. I’m sure there are parts that I haven’t discovered yet with the paths being so overgrown and the collapsed rides could be blocking our view of other storage areas. It’s amazing how fast the mountain is taking back its land. Sorry Gene, no chickens in the coop” she smiled as she saw him checking some of the animal sheds. It was the first time they had seen a smile from her and it gave Brandon some hope that Roxanne was still able to relate to other people.
     
    They continued through the brush until they came to the broken concrete road that Roxanne had used to bring the car around. The road followed the fence at this point which was free of Zombies. Mutt started to growl but they were already alerted by the moans up ahead and were taking up their steel poles in both hands in preparation.
     
    The Ze’s became agitated and aggressive when they spotted the group. Most were in bad condition and looked as if they hadn’t eaten in a long time but there were approximately twenty Ze’s and hard work for the four of them to kill the small herd. They were able to kill most of them through the fence but had the same problem that Roxanne had earlier with the bushes. They tried several times to lure those to the gate where they would be able to pick the Zombies off through the fence but a few were stubborn and didn’t move. “Maybe they’re stuck on something,” Cami said. “We will need to go outside the fence for those last six.”
     
    Roxanne took the rawhide with the key off her neck and began to unlock the gate. “Is that the only key?” Gene asked.
     
    “I’ll tell you the same thing I told Lucky,” Roxanne looked up at him, “You can take it off my dead body if you need to.” She missed the looks that passed between the three behind her as she told Mutt to stay within the fence and not to come out.
     
    She hung the lock on the fence and pushed one side of the gate out and approached the nearest zombie. She had learned that going for the head of a zombie with her sharpened pole didn’t always work