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“Let’s go!” she cried. “To the New Land!”
“To the New Land!” chorused the Pioneers.
Jay knew that after the long grasses the
Pioneers had a desert to get across. Only after
that would they finally get there. There, at long
last, they would be safe from the Groundlings.
Jay felt excited for them. He almost wished he
could stay in the game and live in The New
Land too. But he couldn’t do that. He and
Abby didn’t belong in the game. They had to
find a way out.
“You must have walked miles yesterday,”
Abby said to Jay. They walked side by side at
the back of the line of trekking Pioneers.
“I suppose,” Jay agreed.
“Further than you’ve walked in your whole
life probably,” Abby went on.
This was true.
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