第66节

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    ”toobigtofight,ithink,”saidbobdespairingly.”ireilesostasfastasahorseentofightafire.soofusfort,rtin.”

    rtinlookedaround.”eebing,andilesofhefirestarted,ire.”

    ”noothernyoure”

    ”nottoday,thankheavens.”

    idisaster.asrenarrivedtheyepaddoeggiereeredthinkinguighthavebeen,forparedtotheberallaroundit,itepaddoglessthanagigantiularfirebreak.

    everyoalkedofthefiresgillyhadseeninitsseventyoddyearsofexistenesbuedoutofntrolforhundredsofles.rtinkinghadtakenenreiningtodefenddrogheda.heefifteeorever,andithoughtforauthosedays,norwasbeef.”

    theellofbuihegh.notlongafteres,vasttonguesleapingandoke,andarepaddoysilhouettesofnoutlinedagainstthejuingandeggie,eherthersvoice.shetuedaantly.

    tenstaggeredintosnatakesurethereperbread,teaandrundbeeraplenty,evenforthreehundredn.inafire,everyonedideanttheeokeepupthesuperiorphysien.ptiedandsootandreelioodtodrinkpiouslyandstuffhugeperintotheiruths,gobbledoblerofruthenoutagaintothefire.

    ieldly,ofgodandthedevil.thefronthadgallopedopletelysurroundednoit.nodredandglobersfloatingandpirouettinglikefrolisintheairabove;yellotheexhaustedheartsofbuedouttrees;ashosonsparksasaguxploded;suddenlisothingthathadresisteduntilnoeryofitallherlife.asuddeninenepaddoightgiveingpiecesdoileseastwardonbeelbeel.

    droghedahosteadilesfroheeasteboundaryoftheproperty,itbeingeland.

    throughthelikeanpossessedfillinghistanktruoreatediruck,weeping.

    ”youdbettergetdoesteadhavegousasheyreallrightonbeelbeel”

    feehandedhibigglassofruhean,buthehadfoughtaslongasitasterstouch.

    ”itssilly,”shesaidtohi”butightgoikeptthinkingofthestpeyheartshapedcakepansfrankde

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