ブックタイトル電子版 多聴多読マガジン Vol.56 2016年06月号 ver 1.0.1

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電子版 多聴多読マガジン Vol.56 2016年06月号 ver 1.0.1

SEPTEMBER 1, 1823THEY WERE ABANDONING HIM. The wounded man knew itwhen he looked at the boy, who looked down, then away, unwilling tohold his gaze.For days, the boy had argued with the man in the wolf- skin hat.Has it really been days? The wounded man had battled his fever andpain, never certain whether conversations he heard were real, or merelyby- products of the delirious wanderings in his mind.He looked up at the soaring rock formation above the clearing. Alone, twisted pine had managed somehow to grow from the sheer faceof the stone. He had stared at it many times, yet it had never appearedto him as it did at that moment, when its perpendicular lines seemedclearly to form a cross. He accepted for the first time that he would diethere in that clearing by the spring.The wounded man felt an odd detachment from the scene in whichhe played the central role. He wondered briefly what he would do intheir position. If they stayed and the war party came up the creek, allof them would die. Would I die for them . . . if they were certain to dieanyway?“You sure they’re coming up the creek?”The boy’s voice cracked as98 2016 JUNE