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The thick bushes and low-hanging branches of trees reflect their vibrant colors in the still waters.
    Gumpy sneaks out of the bushes, takes a few steps, and looks around, then walks slowly up to where Billy stand s peering into the water. "Ya see anything in there, see any redbacks?" Gumpy ask at a near whi s per . "Naw, not ye t ," Billy shouts, "but Ah bet there be some in there. Ah bet there be some big ones just a layin in there. Theys might be out there in the middles, be out there under them lilies ." Billy picks up a stick and starts poking into the water. Gumpy lifts his head and lets his eyes roll around the bushes on the far side of the pond.
    "What ya doin?" Gumpy blurts out. Bill y' s rolling up his pants leg and yells back to Gumpy, "Its ain't deep. See, ya can see the bottom. See, its ain't deep. Ah goin in somes ." Billy steps into the pond, the mud squishes between his toes, he takes more mushy steps. He pokes his stick into the depths of the pond, watches the muddy bottom of the pond ooze into a murky mist, then yells back over his should e r , "Hey, Gumpy, come on . It ain't deep, se e, Ah tells ya, it ain ' t deep. Come on."
    Gumpy wades into the pond, stops and looks arou n    26 I Albert Fre11ch

    wades further into the water. His head jerks around, he shouts back over his shoulder, "Billy, Billy, Ah hear somin. Ya hear it? Somin co min." Billy turns, looks around, then yells back to Gumpy, " Ya ain't hears nothin. Ain't nothin be there. Ya still scared." Gumpy jerks his head around again. Billy jerks too and yells, "Run, Gumpy, run, Gumpy."
    The waters of the pond splash and surge , ripples are thrust into waves. Billy and Gumpy dash through the water.
    "Ya niggers get out of there. Get out of there. Ya hear me? God damn ya," Lori shouts. She'd stalked like a cal, almost crawled through the bushes, but now she has sprung, moves with leaps along the water's edge, yelling, " I'm gain lo kick the shit out of ya all."
    Billy's eyes widen, jerk back and forth from the redheaded white faces running at him to the mudd y bank of the far end of the pond that he's racing to. He must get there before that screaming white girl; he runs, falls into the mucky water, gets back up. His feet slip and slide, he falls again, and again, but gets back up. He can see the fiery hai r and sneering face coming at him, reaching for him.
    Jenny follows Lori's leaps and ye ll s, watches th e two l ittle niggers sl ipping and splashing frantically throu g h th e water, watches Lori reaching for the skinny one that's jerking away from her reach , then she sees Lori yank the nigger and pull him down under her and climb on hi s back while he s till tries to crawl away.
    "Ya littl e black-ass son of a bitch," Lori ye lls as s h e rides Billy back down into the mud.
    Billy's fa ce is shoved down in the mud, but he is jerking
    and squirming like a ca tfish out of water. Sharp nails dig and claw at his back and arms. He jerks upwards, but Lori rid es
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    him back down to his knees, then crushes him down to the ground.
    "Ge t that one, get em," Lori yells to Jenny as she pushe s
    Billy further beneath her.
    Jenny turns and sees the other nigger rushing for the bank . She runs towards him, grabs at his arms. "Come mere, come mere, ya asshole," she yells as she reaches for Gumpy.
    Gumpy's eyes glare white with fear , his arm is being yanked at, clawed at. He turns and twists until he is free . Jenny yells, "Ya asshole, asshole." Then he is grabbed again. Both of Jenny's hands are pulling and yanking at his arms, jerking him around. He swings around, smashes his fist into Jenny's face, then springs into the bushes.
    "Lay still. Ya hear me, I said lay still, nigger," Lori shouts and smacks the back of Billy's neck. "Shit," she yells as Billy lunges and squirms beneath her. She climbs higher on his back and grabs at his outstretched arms. "Shit, ya son of a bitch," she yells again and smashes her butt down onto Billy's