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The kid, when he heard this, looked desperately around the little tent, but he could think of nothing that would enable him to hide himself. He could only lie down on his face beside the row of boxes to the left of the entrance to the tent.
There he waited, gun in hand. If Shay looked down at him, it would be Shay's last look in this world, to be sure, but it would also be almost the last moment in the life of the Kid.