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Show 21. Ill By mid-morning Mrs. Morris had tidied up the camper and was urging her husband to hurry. "We're supposed to be at our daughter's tonight for dinner," she explained to Stephanie, "with two hundred miles to go. Will you and JD be all right if we leave?" "Sure," Stephanie nodded, looking toward JD who seemed to be only half-listening to Mr. Morris' hunting story. "C'mon, Clarence, they've got to break camp, too." Mrs. Morris shook her head. "He's a talker, ain't he?" Finally, they all shook hands and said goodbye, wishing one another a safe trip home. "I'm gonna keep my eyes open," Clarence said from his window after climbing into the cab. "I might see one of them UFO's!" He treated them all to a hearty laugh as he waved and drove away. In a few minutes Clarence Morris was pulling the camper onto the highway, heading back to Colorado. "Well, this'11 be one to tell the neighbors about," he chuckled. "I can't get over it," Ruth said, "those nice kids, scared to death, and out there all by themselves. I sure hope they get home all right." "I suppose you swallowed all that about JD being her brother," Clarence suggested. "Guess I was born in the wrong generation. I'd never have dared take a girl out in the woods like that when I was young. Kids are brassy about it nowadays." "Don't you think they were brother and sister?" Ruth acted surprised that he'd bring up such a thing. "Nah, those two weren't a bit related." "Clarence! I think you're wrong. They even looked alike. Except his hair was brown." "You always think the best about people, Ruth, never question a thing. I suppose you believe they saw a real flying saucer, too, sportin' colored lights and zooming straight up in the sky?" he gestured, "Well . . ." Ruth fumbled, "what do you think, if you know so much about it?" "I think those two were on one helluva drug binge last night. |