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Show 26 "It's just ahead," Sean called back. "Just down this slope. And through those trees." "How fax though?" "Just through. Just a l i t t l e way. Can we come here tobogganing, Dad? To this h i l l? Some afternoon?" "Sure!" "-The last winter," Leah said quietly to herself. Hunt let i t go. "But we'll just be able to see_ the pond - see i t , turn and go," he called up ahead to Sean. " I t ' s too dark. Mother wants to "Blame i t on Mother," Leah said. "_I want to get home before i t ' s really too dark," Hunt heard the dog barking. "Sean? Where's the dog?" he called. "In the woods!" "What's he found?" "Probably an animal." "Toby's found a Mean-Man!" Todd laughed and said. "Toby's found a Mean- Man in the woods!" It was a game he and Sean played - hiding and chasing each other -- 'Mean-Man,' "Wrong tree. Wrong tree, Toby," Leah said. Hunt watched the boys disappear into the thicket of trees at the field's edge. There was no visible sun now. It was shadowy. He heard snaps of branches, breaks of snow. He held his breath. He expected to hear some small |