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Echoes
"Tom! What in the world have you been doing?" asked Mrs. Cole, her voice trembling.
"We were just exploring, ma'm," I said meekly. "We lost track of the time from having too much fun. It's all my fault."
She looked at Amy and Dennis, who I must admit probably did not appear as though they were suffering from an excess of fun, and then back to me again.
"You're all drenched," she said, confused. "You couldn't possibly have goneā¦"
She stared at us, and a shadow of the look on the children's faces when the eagle dissolved crossed her features.
