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and get back on the path as quickly as

            possible.”

               Jay checked inside the rucksack the

            Pioneers had given him earlier. His own water

            bottle was still full. However, he bent and

            scooped a handful of the refreshing water and

            gulped it down. Then he took another handful

            and splashed it over his face. He wondered

            what the time was. He hadn’t been in the game

            very long, but he was already feeling hot and

            thirsty.

               Jay didn’t usually wonder what other people

            might be thinking. But right now he wondered

            what Dad or Abby were thinking. Wouldn’t

            they wonder where he had gone? What would

            they do?

               Fantastic as it was to be inside his computer

            game, Jay knew he needed to get back to the


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