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“The path goes through the long grasses

next,” she reminded them. “No one is to step

off the path. The Guide’s instructions are very

clear. I think we’ve all learnt that it’s easiest if

we just follow the instructions in the first

place. The last twenty four hours have been a

nightmare for all of us. We were lucky, but we

could easily have lost Flick and Lewis

forever.”

Ella was sounding far more like the leader

Jay had always imagined she was. That

terrible experience of having to rescue Flick

had somehow made her stronger. The

Pioneers were listening to her properly too. No

one was arguing or thinking they should do

something different. Jay was glad. After all,

she had been chosen by The Guide to lead

and she was the best at it.

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