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Meme from teithiwr , via unhobbityhobbit , because I, too, am bored.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.

Ingathering, by Zenna Henderson.  It's a collection of all her The People stories.

"What's wrong?  Aren't you glad--?"
Bethie tried to smile but her lips quivered.  She hid her face in the crook of her elbow and wispered, "I saw, too!  Oh, Peter, this time I saw, too!"
We got out the road map and by the fading afternoon light we tried to translate our rememberings.  As nearly as we could figure out, we should head for a place way off the highway called Kerry Canyon.


I might have spent more time than was warranted figuring out which book was closest to me - the ones in the closet cum library, or the ones in the dining room.  Closet is probably closest as the crow flies, but since I can't go through the wall, dining room won.