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gone. I stepped through and pulled

the bar fast, but my anxiousness made

me lose my grasp. I grabbed it again

and pulled, hooking it into the wire

that held it. I turned to scramble

through the gate, but it was too late.

He came sliding to a stop right in

front of me.

If I thought he was big before, he

now seemed monstrous as he stood

over me, looking down at me. My

heart raced as I trembled. If he rose

and struck at me I would have no way

to defend myself.

But he reached out his big nose

and nuzzled me, breathing a hard

breath from his run into my neck. It

tickled, but I couldn’t laugh. I was

too scared. I didn’t respond, so he

nuzzled me harder. I reached out a

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