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“We’ll call it ‘the wolf excuse’”
Zeb froze and wondered if he could even fit any more fear into his brain this evening, he was quite sure he had reached his natural limit. Shouldn’t the Scary Things of the world be bothering other people as well? He held the torch up high, ready for battle. When the light revealed the other occupant of the cave he was so relieved that he nearly collapsed on top of Flip.
“Hey! It’s you!” he said to the Aleph. It was watching them with much the same distant curiosity with which a cat might watch a butterfly if it really had nothing better to do. It inched forward until finally it stood just a few inches from Flip’s face.
The Aleph’s brown fur start to tremble as it emitted a warm, low humming sound that echoed around the cave. It felt like all Zeb’s
