Chapter 5
“You sure taking a bath will be okay?” I asked
Allison the next day. We were walking toward
a pond near the restrooms. She’d gotten up
early because she wasn’t feeling well and went
for a walk. She found the pond and thought
it would be a good chance for us to wash up
before leaving.
“It looked safe to me,” Allison said. “Besides,
we’ve been walking for a few days now—I need
to clean up. And it’s probably a good idea to
collect water where we can before we leave.”
I frowned. “Yeah, but we don’t know what
might be in there . . .” I couldn’t stop picturing
snakes, leeches, all sorts of things that might
give us trouble.
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