“It was evening, and we were holed up in yet another stockade. This time our party was the only one there. Williams was standing guard up on one of the corner lookout posts. Ida was making dinner. The rest of us were sprawled on the sleeping platform, trying to dry out. We’d spent the day slogging through the mud, and the rain, and the creepy, flowery forest, just as we had the day before, and the day before that, and the day before that. In the early afternoon, a herd of immense, giraffelike bi...rds had crossed the road in front of us, and Copper had spooked so violently that I’d ended up on the ground, covered in sticky mud. When I got to the stockade, I changed my clothes, but the stuff had soaked right through to my skin, and there was no getting it off. Plus, I had saddle sores on the insides of my knees, and my feet were starting to crack and bleed from the constant wetness. Ida could heal me once she was done making dinner, but in the meantime, I was miserably uncomfortable and needed a distraction.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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