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Page 42
... Muru lies flat on the floor hoping not to be seen . They have placed his cage in one of the corners . I had better ... Muru does not want to come out ; he cowers up against the mesh , his limbs stiff and shivering . Redhead flicks a ...
... Muru lies flat on the floor hoping not to be seen . They have placed his cage in one of the corners . I had better ... Muru does not want to come out ; he cowers up against the mesh , his limbs stiff and shivering . Redhead flicks a ...
Page 43
... Muru lies on the floor of the cage licking his wounds . I can hear his heart thumping like the pounding of a parrot's beak on a hollow log . The jaws of the balanda beast have left hardly any of his skin intact . I whisper a few words ...
... Muru lies on the floor of the cage licking his wounds . I can hear his heart thumping like the pounding of a parrot's beak on a hollow log . The jaws of the balanda beast have left hardly any of his skin intact . I whisper a few words ...
Page 44
... Muru , let us move on a bit farther ; the blacks are not the only ones who feel safer here . Down at the river end of the tunnel a glimmer of light is showing . Surely we are not there already ; the tunnel had seemed much longer on the ...
... Muru , let us move on a bit farther ; the blacks are not the only ones who feel safer here . Down at the river end of the tunnel a glimmer of light is showing . Surely we are not there already ; the tunnel had seemed much longer on the ...
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