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           Itmusthavebeenadeliberatelyexecutedplan.Increasingbeyondthelimitsoftheirownterritory,theyhaddecidedonmakingaconquestofours.Sorrytheconquest!Wehadnochanceagainstthem.Itwasslaughter,indiscriminateslaughter,fortheysparednone,killingoldandyoung,effectivelyriddingthelandofourpresence.

           Itwasliketheendoftheworldtous.Wefledtothetreesasalastrefuge,onlytobesurroundedandkilled,familybyfamily.Wesawmuchofthisduringthatday,andbesides,Iwantedtosee.TheSwiftOneandIneverremainedlonginonetree,andsoescapedbeingsurrounded.Butthereseemednoplacetogo.TheFire-Menwereeverywhere,bentontheirtaskofextermination.Everywayweturnedweencounteredthem,andbecauseofthiswesawmuchoftheirhandiwork.

           Ididnotseewhatbecameofmymother,butIdidseetheChatterershotdownoutoftheoldhome-tree.AndIamafraidthatatthesightIdidabitofjoyousteetering.BeforeIleavethisportionofmynarrative,ImusttellofRed-Eye.Hewascaughtwithhiswifeinatreedownbytheblueberryswamp.TheSwiftOneandIstoppedlongenoughinourflighttosee.TheFire-Menweretoointentupontheirworktonoticeus,and,furthermore,wewerewellscreenedbythethicketinwhichwecrouched.

           Fullyascoreofthehunterswereunderthetree,dischargingarrowsintoit.Theyalwayspickeduptheirarrowswhentheyfellbacktoearth.IcouldnotseeRed-Eye,butIcouldhearhimhowlingfromsomewhereinthetree.

           Afterashortintervalhishowlinggrewmuffled.Hemusthavecrawledintoahollowinthetrunk.