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941 We crept along, mile after slow mile, with...
10:14 PM, Monday, May 3, 2010
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We crept along, mile after slow mile, with the
leaves and branches slapping and whackingI kept
expecting the road to break down entirely, but the
thick interlacing foliage overhead had protected
it from the elements to some degree, and it never
quite didThe banyans gave way to an oppressive
forest of Brazilian Peppers, and there we saw our
first wildlife: a huge bobcat that stood for a
moment in the rubbly remains of the road, hissing
at us with its ears laid flat, then fled into the
underbrushA little farther on, a dozen plump
black caterpillars fell onto the windshield and
burst open, spreading gummy guts that the wipers
and washer-fluid could do little to clear; they
only spread the remains around until looking out
through the windshield was like looking out of an
eye with a cataract on itI got out, opened the trunk,
and found a little supply of clean cheap chanel handbag ragsI used
one to wipe the windshield, being careful to don a
pair of the gloves Wireman had found - I was
already wearing a hatBut so far as I could tell,
they were only caterpillars; messy, but not
supernatural
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"Not bad," Jack said from the open driver's-side
window"Now I'll pop the hood so you can check
the-" He stopped, looking beyond meThe road was down to little more than a
path, cluttered with old chunks of asphalt and
overgrown with Creeping OxeyeCrossing it about
thirty yards up was a line of five frogs the size
of Cocker Spaniel puppiesThe first three were a
brilliant solid green that rarely if ever occurs
in nature; the fourth was blue; the fifth was a
faded orange that might once have been redThey
were smiling, but there was something fixed and
weary about those smilesThey were hopping slowly,
as if their hoppers were almost bustedLike the
bobcat, tiffany
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