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Show 'xTW?. a f t e r he'd killed a deer. There was always the moment a f t e r he'd shot one when he came up to i t that he wished he hadn't but then if i t went right as the horse's slaughter had there seemed a quickening of his own l i f e, unacountable and never expect-ed. That night Bill didn't feed the baby u n t i l a f t e r the r e s t of them had eaten. He took a garlic clove and mashing i t dripped a few drops into the warm broth and offered i t to L i t t l e B i l l . It res an odd-looking brown liquid and L i t t l e Bill took a big drink; a very puzzled expression came over his face as he looked a t the men still s i t t i n g a t the t a b l e . Then he put i t to his mouth again and finished the broth, but pulled his mouth together and kept i t that way. Sunny laughed, "That was carrot -water resn't it Old Bill?" "Carrol water, l i v e r , blood and g a r l i c ." Sunny laughed again and slapped his legs. "He looks for a l l the world l i k e Old Booze Jenkins did this summer when some of the men a t Jake's passed a bottle around and Old Booze took a big gulp of i t . It was colored water! L i t t l e Bill sat down with a j o l t as they a l l laughed. Then he pulled himself up and shouted a t Sunny and shook his head a t him. "He's so smarts" Sunny said,"he knows just when I ' l l push heads with him." |
