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Weekly Contest #78
I need to pretend dead! I need to pretend dead!I was screaming again and again in my mind, willing my body to act on it. But it wouldn't. All common sense left me, giving way to fear."Nikki, we just have to go!""I don't know. It's not my thing.""How can you say that? You saw so many documentaries, read so many books about nature, animals.""You're exaggerating."Faster! Faster! My instincts were shouting, overshadowing the lonely thought in my mind: I need to pretend dead... Willing my legs to run faster, my lungs - expand better, my heart - p...
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