"Of course! I come out by Possum swamp, go to the county line, take a right and hightail it for town! It's too simple, Bo! Why the General will be flyin' over the hills!"
"Now you just be careful, Sarah. Cooter got the General all nice for the race don't be killin' him. Now be careful goin' over the river jump."
"I know, I know…"
"Wanna go back an' do it just for fun?"
"Can I do it?"
"No, I want to. I ain't got many more years with this here baby."
She felt a prick in her arm and she fell into a deep darkness.
Then she saw what had happened. She had cuts on her face, some of which would scar. Her left eye had a small gash by it. Her face was one of terror. She stared off into space.
Daisy, Uncle Jesse, Enos, and Cooter sat in the waiting room. Daisy picked at her nail and looked at the clock on the wall.
"It's been 16 hours, Uncle Jesse. Something is wrong."
"Now don't you be worrying, Daisy." was his reply. "You know the boys, he'll pull through"
"I'm goin' to the snack machine." Said Enos, getting up.
"Unnng" he said as he stretched. " Anyone want anythin'?"
"Don't go now, goofball." Said Cooter. "Here comes the doctor."
The surgeon walked in, in green
standard hospital scrubs. He had a pained looked on his face.
"Well," he began, "We found out why he must have collapsed, as Sarah told us. He was having severe heat stroke. We didn't want to put him on liquids just yet because we had to do surgery. We found that many of his ribs had cracked. One had shattered and went strait through his heart and punctured a lung. That was why it took so long. We were able to save him."
A sigh of relief went through the group.
"But," the doctor went on, " The
lack of fluid made him go into shock, and we couldn't bring him back. I'm
sorry."
Daisy crumpled down. Cooter just looked away, hand over his mouth. While Enos got down to comfort Daisy, a Nurse ran out.
"Doctor! Your not gonna believe this!"
"What is it?"
"That Duke boy. I knew God musta been tellin' me to keep that needle in his arm! By golly, he's alive!"
