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each hand ~.W‘ d<~ bip~ end ‚trai~ht up in de air an‘ i:~e holt ~t tight an‘ started

tuhw walk around, ~iid inc followin‘ right on hi~ heels. An shoe ~ff~ party soon


ah Beed dat branch ooi~ence tub shake an‘ den et started tub bend an‘ old Shep


~	l&~ et•~ lead hirn aeroas de fteld wid et bendin‘ 1ov~rer all de time tel]. perty oon


de b~, end uh dat eI~.u stick point atrai~ht down.


	Old Shop marked de spot an‘ c,t hie pick an‘ co~~mience tuh d~ out dat spot. An‘ fo‘ old Shep h~d Cot down rno~ fiv~e uh six ft ah be d~w‘~ ef he don‘ h.t uh


Stre&fll ub v~ater dat flit up de well in ub hurry so dat he git hi~ 1ai~s all wet

~	~2~ka~A~3 o~J*~.
fa ‚ he e~14 g~t ~out..


~	An~ yuh moughten beliove et but ah ~ow~ dat tuh be uh fao cause ahtt~


dat e hum stick in muh own h~ri e an ‚ ah fe lt dat etiøk apul. ~ in ‚ me back tuh ~a+ water. No i~tter ~}~ich way ah turn, dat stick ke~ atwi atm ‚ me roun ‚ toward dat


water, An‘ ah tried tiTh pull et back i~nt old ahep tuk hà*4 uh et ~id me an~ tried


~	tub hole et up atra~~ht but de big end ub dat e II~ branch pult down and pointed


~	tuh dat well spite uh both uh us.“


~	“Still, dere? Naweuh, ah reckon date old weil been ortu~bl~d in an‘ filiedp

~	ion~ time now. Old Shop diedb~tok en 93, ah reckon, Ute o1dè~ck blowed down, an1 5h reokcr~ dat oie well all severed up, But dat was e*ne wefl shile ah~ laete4~


G~y~ mo‘ water dan all 4e udder weile in Poquoson~ ah reokon. ‚