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Icouldhearthemendartingtowardsme.IfeltthewetrainwashdownmyfaceasIdesperatelylookedaround,
My
heart
was
thrashing
against
my
chest,Itoredownanalleyway,extendingmylegsasfaraspossible,InapanicIlookedforaplacetohide.Therewasnothinginsight,exceptadampcardboardbox,Thiswastheonlyplacetoconcealmyself,Icouldhearthefrighteningfootstepsofthemendashingaroundthehugewalls,lookingforanysignofme,(heardanangryvoiceinthedistanceshoutout.thathehadfoundmyblackfootprints,IknewIshouldn'thavesteppedinthatpileofblackgoo.Ipeekedthroughasmallholeintheboxandcaughtaglimpseofthebrightflashlightsastheycameintosight,Oneofthemendrewclosertothebox;hestuckhisfilthyhandinside,Iwaspetrified.Ihadnoideawhattodo;Ithoughtthatwasgoingtobetheend.
BANG!
Adeafeningracketcamefrom
the
directionof
thepark.
Whathadhappened?
I
heard
the
men
race
over
towherethenoisehadcomefrom.WhenIwassuretheywereallgoneIinstantlysprangoutofthebox,andran,As
!
was
sprintingdown
the
streets
I
passed
an
oldute.
It
seemedas
if
ithadn'tbeenusedforages.Idugmvnailsintotheroadandcametoasuddenhalt.
Ipaddedbacktotheute,tiredandcompletelydrenchedfromtherain.Ijumpedintothebackoftheuteandstumbledacrosssomeoldblankets.ItwassocoldthatIsnuggledupuntilIwasniceandwarm.Ifeltsomethingharddigintomyskin,Ilookeddownandsawacoupleofgreetingscards.Theywerehardtoreadundertheblanket.Theysaid"Inmemoryofyourdearwife",Iwonderedwhatthatmeant.Isniffedoutsomethingmouth-wateringcomingfromaroundthecornerinthestreet.IrealisedjusthoweagerIwasforfood.Iattemptedtoignoremystomachandthinkaboutotherthings,butnothingseemedtowork.
!
leaptoutoftheute,andthenextmomentIwasmakingmywayovertothecorner,closertothetemptingsmelloffood.Icarefullylookedaroundthecornerandspottedheaven.Wellheaventomethatis.Adentedtintrashcan,gleamingsilverintherain.Iquicklytrottedmywayovertothisparadise,andwithaslightshove,itwasover.Ilocatedsomemouth-wateringbonesandoldmeat.Thistrashcanwasagoodone.Icarefullybroughtmytreasuresbacktotheute.Icurledupintoaheapbeneaththeblanketsandstartedeatingthefragmentsofmeat.Theytastedsweet,andwereverysatisfying.AfterIhadconsumedthelastpieceofmeat,Istartedonthebones.
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