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Dave came to his senses with a nerve-racking shiver. There was a stinging pain in his side and when he took a deep breath he felt like crying out. All was dark around him, and on his face lay a handful of dead leaves.
For a while he could not remember where he was or what had happened. In a dazed fashion, he called for his father, and for Henry and Rodney. Then he moved his hand, and found the arrow that had struck him still sticking in his jacket.