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Chapter #5
A Mad Dash
by: Unknown
Jack, completely exhausted and out of ideas, screamed and jumped to his feet. He started tearing through the forest as fast as he could, not paying attention to exactly where he was going. All that mattered was that he got away from the wolf. Blades of grass swept in from either side to surround him, and he fought his way through as they leaned towards him.
He tripped over small pebbles on the ground, but he maintained his footing and kept forging ahead, determined to do whatever it took to save himself. The wolf then howled again. Judging by its volume, Jack hadn't gotten very far from it. He wondered why it hadn't got him yet...
Then is struck him. The darkness was his ally! The wolf could barely see ahead of its own muzzle; it was relying solely on scent to track him down. He might actually have a chance after all! Jack, filled with a new found hope, pressed onward. He dashed across the ground, shoving clumps of grass aside and leaping over any obstacle that got in his way.
"You can do this," he assured himself, breathing heavily. "Everything will be alright. Everything will be fine.You're going to-" But this sentence was cut short as Jack ran into something. Gasping, he fell onto his back and coughed as dust plumed into the air above him. Shielding his eyes with the back of his hand, he looked up to find that he had run smack into the ankle of...
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