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wanted to eat Raven, for it thought Dove was thin and frail, and wouldn't be tasty. Both intended to cheat the other."
"While Dove was drinking from the pond, Raven waited for Snake to appear. And all of a sudden Snake came sliding out with its teeth wide, and surprised Raven, and Raven was barely able to escape into the air, calling for Dove to do so, also. But Dove staggered and could not fly. What neither Raven nor Snake had realised was that the pond was poisoned from Snake having drunk of its waters. Now Snake curled its tail around sick Dove, trying to lure Raven closer. Alone, Raven did not feel she could kill Snake. And Raven was afraid that if she tried, Snake would bite Dove with its strongest poison, and Dove would die."
"Suddenly, Eagle appeared, landing between them. Eagle was very powerful and could easily kill Snake.
But when he went to try, Snake tightened its grip on Dove and said, 'If you come closer, I will bite Dove.
Kill Raven for me, and leave her body, and I will give you Dove."
"Eagle turned to Raven, and Raven grew frightened. She said, 'Dove and I are friends. She would not wish for you to kill me.'"
"But Snake said, 'If Raven was Dove's friend, why did she bring her here for me to eat?'"
"Raven said, 'That is not true.' But Raven feared Dove would feel that she had been betrayed, and would allow Eagle to kill her for Snake."
"Eagle thought for a moment, and said, 'I will let Dove decide if you are a friend, Raven, and whether I should buy her freedom with your death. But I have decided this: if Dove should die, both of you will die.'
"
Robin stopped, resting her papers on her lap. "I've read enough," she said wearily.
"But is that it?" Park asked. "What did Dove do?"
"I… I…" Robin put her hand to her forehead, where perspiration had sprung. "I don't feel very good."
Shani bolted upright. "What's wrong? Should we call for a doctor?" Curse that Lena for having insisted that Nurse Porter leave!
"You don't want to call doctors around here," Lena said. "There isn't one within fifty miles, anyway.
Robin gets like this sometimes. There's nothing you can do."
Sol was not convinced. "I could drive you to a doctor. I don't care how far he is."
"I could carry you," Bert said.
Robin smiled weakly. "Lena's right. This is just the way it goes sometimes. Rest is all I need. Having you all here has been so exciting, I've worn myself out." She slipped her story back in the manila envelope.
Flynn helped her up.
"Is that all of the story the man told you?" Angie asked.
Robin caught Lena's eye. "Yes, it is," she said slowly. "He told me I was to fill in the ending."
Lena escorted Robin to her room. When they were out of view, Shani said, "I wish the nurse was here.
Her skin looks awful."
"Like she has hepatitis, yeah," Park said, worried.
"She'll probably feel better in the morning," Sol said.
Park nudged Sol's outstretched leg with his foot. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"I never think like Tweety Bird," Sol said. Then he got serious. "Maybe the old man only knows one story and wanted to tell it to us. Hell, if I'd been Eagle, I would have just wasted the two jerks."
"What about Dove?" Shani asked, realising that Park and Sol must have met the old man. "Then she would automatically have died."
Sol went to speak, but paused, his eyes involuntarily drawn down the hall where Robin had disappeared. "Oh, yeah," he said casually. "I had forgotten about that."
Sol was being polite. He hadn't forgotten; none of them had. From the moment she had drunk the poison, Dove had already been a goner.
Fluffing up her pillow, Shani wondered if she would have insomnia, as she often did when she didn't sleep in her own bed. The plan had been for their class to crash on the beach in sleeping bags, but since less than the square root of their class was present, Lena had offered them all individual rooms in the Carlton Castle. Bert had refused the offer, saying he'd take the sand and stars any day.
"While Dove was drinking from the pond, Raven waited for Snake to appear. And all of a sudden Snake came sliding out with its teeth wide, and surprised Raven, and Raven was barely able to escape into the air, calling for Dove to do so, also. But Dove staggered and could not fly. What neither Raven nor Snake had realised was that the pond was poisoned from Snake having drunk of its waters. Now Snake curled its tail around sick Dove, trying to lure Raven closer. Alone, Raven did not feel she could kill Snake. And Raven was afraid that if she tried, Snake would bite Dove with its strongest poison, and Dove would die."
"Suddenly, Eagle appeared, landing between them. Eagle was very powerful and could easily kill Snake.
But when he went to try, Snake tightened its grip on Dove and said, 'If you come closer, I will bite Dove.
Kill Raven for me, and leave her body, and I will give you Dove."
"Eagle turned to Raven, and Raven grew frightened. She said, 'Dove and I are friends. She would not wish for you to kill me.'"
"But Snake said, 'If Raven was Dove's friend, why did she bring her here for me to eat?'"
"Raven said, 'That is not true.' But Raven feared Dove would feel that she had been betrayed, and would allow Eagle to kill her for Snake."
"Eagle thought for a moment, and said, 'I will let Dove decide if you are a friend, Raven, and whether I should buy her freedom with your death. But I have decided this: if Dove should die, both of you will die.'
"
Robin stopped, resting her papers on her lap. "I've read enough," she said wearily.
"But is that it?" Park asked. "What did Dove do?"
"I… I…" Robin put her hand to her forehead, where perspiration had sprung. "I don't feel very good."
Shani bolted upright. "What's wrong? Should we call for a doctor?" Curse that Lena for having insisted that Nurse Porter leave!
"You don't want to call doctors around here," Lena said. "There isn't one within fifty miles, anyway.
Robin gets like this sometimes. There's nothing you can do."
Sol was not convinced. "I could drive you to a doctor. I don't care how far he is."
"I could carry you," Bert said.
Robin smiled weakly. "Lena's right. This is just the way it goes sometimes. Rest is all I need. Having you all here has been so exciting, I've worn myself out." She slipped her story back in the manila envelope.
Flynn helped her up.
"Is that all of the story the man told you?" Angie asked.
Robin caught Lena's eye. "Yes, it is," she said slowly. "He told me I was to fill in the ending."
Lena escorted Robin to her room. When they were out of view, Shani said, "I wish the nurse was here.
Her skin looks awful."
"Like she has hepatitis, yeah," Park said, worried.
"She'll probably feel better in the morning," Sol said.
Park nudged Sol's outstretched leg with his foot. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"I never think like Tweety Bird," Sol said. Then he got serious. "Maybe the old man only knows one story and wanted to tell it to us. Hell, if I'd been Eagle, I would have just wasted the two jerks."
"What about Dove?" Shani asked, realising that Park and Sol must have met the old man. "Then she would automatically have died."
Sol went to speak, but paused, his eyes involuntarily drawn down the hall where Robin had disappeared. "Oh, yeah," he said casually. "I had forgotten about that."
Sol was being polite. He hadn't forgotten; none of them had. From the moment she had drunk the poison, Dove had already been a goner.
Fluffing up her pillow, Shani wondered if she would have insomnia, as she often did when she didn't sleep in her own bed. The plan had been for their class to crash on the beach in sleeping bags, but since less than the square root of their class was present, Lena had offered them all individual rooms in the Carlton Castle. Bert had refused the offer, saying he'd take the sand and stars any day.
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