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trailer from side to side until I could

barely keep my balance.

I tied the end of the twine to the

release bar on the gate and made my

way back outside. I was about to

release him when I remembered I had

some crab apples. I figured it would

be safer to give him one when he was

trapped rather than after he was free.

I went back around to the small

door and cautiously held an apple

through it. He stopped his snorting

and moved his nose toward the apple.

Just as he reached out his lips to take

it, the memory of Dader grabbing my

wrist got the better of me and my

courage failed. I dropped the apple

and jerked back.

He didn’t seem to menace me at

all, so I picked it up and held it out

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