Written by Ahmed Al Muhairi

Writing checked by Lorena Palma.

Summary: In chapter 4 Brian talked about the secret. The secret was that he saw his mother with another strange man. Also mosquitoes attacked Brian. He had watched the mosquitoes on TV. They were harmful because they bit him.

" He had been riding his ten-speed with a friend named Terry...(p.29)."

"...she was sitting in a station wagon, a strange wagon...(p.29)."

" Then silence, filled with sobs as he pulled in air, half crying ...(p.30)"

"...He raised himself and crawled out of the water ...(p.31)"

"...his forehead felt as if somebody had been pounding ...(p31)"

"... It with a hammer, but he could move ...(p.31)"

"... until he was away from the wet-soft shore ...(p31)"

"...near a small stand of brush of some kind ...(p.31)"

"...he began to panic again ...(p.32)"

"... He mumbled it, almost in a hoarse whisper ...(p.32)"

"...His legs were cramped and drawn up ...(p.32)"

"...Worst was a keening throb in his head ...(p32)"

"...nothing seemed to be shattered or ...(p.32)"

"...broken his ankle, had to wear a cast ...(p.32)"

"...His forehead felt massively swollen to touch ...(p.33)"

"...his forehead felt massively swollen to touch ...(p.33)"

"...his clothes were wet and clammy ...(p.33)"

"...But all in a haze, all in a haze-world ...(p.33)"

"...thick swarming hordes of mosquitos that flocked to his body ...(p.34)"

"...swarming hordes of mosquitos that flocked to his body ...(p.34)"

"...made a living coat on his exposed skin ...(p.34)"

"...dogged his nostrils when he tried to take a breath ...(p.34)"

"... slapping and crushing them by the dozens ...(p.34)"

"...almost crying in frustration and agony ...(p.34)"

"...he was sitting the middle of a swarm ...(p.35)"

"... Vampires, he thought ...(p.35)"

"...His forehead seemed to be abating ...(p.36)"

"...trying to stand made him weak enough to nearly collapse ...(p.36)"

"... The backs of his hands were puffy ...(p.36)"

"... he saw everything through a narrow squint ...(p.36)"

"... He could see the reflections of trees at the other end of the lake ...(p.37)"

"... he thought it looked like a crow but it seemed larger ...(p.37)"

"...The forest was largely made up of pines and spruce ...(p.37)"

"... some large trees he thought might be aspen ...(p.37)"

"...There lay a rocky ridge that struck out overlooking the lake, about twenty feet high ...(p.37)"

"...he shook his head again wincing...(p.38)"

"...was a mound of sticks and mud rising up out of the water a good eight or ten feet ...(p.38)"

 "... was a mound of sticks and mud rising up out out the water a good eight or ten feet ...(p.38)"

"...it was a beaver house , a called a beaver lodge in a special he'd seen on the public channel...(p.38)

"...it was a beaver house, called beaver lodge...(p.38)"

"... a lot of energy somehow, had drained ...(p.39)"

"...There was still the pain, dizziness, the strange feeling...(p.39)"

Created by: krauss@lclark.edu
Updated: 10/20/00