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𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐭'𝐬

"𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒" 𝑗𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑

"𝑌𝑒𝑎! "

"𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑚 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑦" 𝐿𝑜𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒

"𝐴𝑙𝑟. 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑣,𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐾𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔? "

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑝𝑙 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

"𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦! 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑣 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠" 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑

"𝐴𝑙𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛.𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 " 𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑣 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

𝐾𝑜𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦

𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔

"𝐹𝑜𝑜𝑑!" 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑢𝑛

"𝑀𝐼𝐾𝐸𝐸𝑃 𝐻𝐸𝐴𝐷𝑆 𝑈𝑃" 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑛

𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑-

"𝐾𝑌𝑂!? " 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦

"𝑆ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑.. 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝐹𝑈𝐶𝐾 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐸𝑁𝑇𝐼𝑇𝑌.. 𝑊𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸 𝐼𝑆 𝐼𝑇 𝐹𝑈𝐶𝐾 𝐼 𝐶𝐴𝑁'𝑇 𝐿𝐸𝑇 𝐼𝑇 𝐺𝐸𝑇 𝑁𝐸𝐴𝑅 𝑀𝐸 𝑂𝑅 𝑀𝑌 𝐾𝐼𝐷𝑆.. " 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑

"𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑎? 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒? " 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑

"𝑂ℎ ℎ𝑖! 𝑈𝑚 𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ! 𝐻𝑒ℎ.."

"𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑎... "

"𝑌𝑒𝑠?"

"𝐻𝑒'𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.. "

"𝐹𝑈𝐶𝐾!? "

𝑅𝑎𝑐𝑐 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑐 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑝

"𝑊𝐻𝐴𝑇 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐻𝐸𝐿𝐿 𝑆𝐼𝑁𝐶𝐸 𝑊𝐻𝐸𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑆𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺'𝑆 𝐾𝑁𝑂𝑊!?"

"𝑆𝐻𝑂𝑇 𝐼𝑇"

𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠  𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑

"𝑂𝑚𝑔.𝑜𝑚𝑔.. 𝐸𝑝𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦!? 𝐼𝑠 𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑜?? "

"𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑎. 𝑇𝑌 𝑢ℎ 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛" 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠? "

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Yes.

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