E??l? S?n??? m??nin?, O????n ??si??nt J???? Tw???ll w?s ??ivin? t? t?? l?c?l ??c?clin? c?nt?? w??n ?? n?tic?? s?m?t?in? st??n??.

“T???? ??? ??il???? t??cks n??? t?? ??t?, ?n? ??t ?? t?? c??n?? ?? m? ???, I c????t t?is ?lick?? ?? m?v?m?nt,” Tw???ll t?l? T?? D???. “I t?????t it w?s ? ???? l?in? ?n t?? t??cks.”

In ????s ?? ?nc?????in? t?? ?nim?l t? l??v? t?? t??cks, Tw???ll ??ll?? ?is win??w ??wn t? w?istl? t?w??? it. A s?t ?? ???s ???k?? ??, ?n? Tw???ll ???liz?? it w?s ?ct??ll? ? ???.

B?t ?? w?s ti?? t? t?? t??cks.

“I w?nt int? ??nic m???,” Tw???ll s?i?. “H? t?i?? t? w?lk t?w??? t?? c?? ?n? t?? ???? ??ll?? ?im ??ck.”

T?? t??in c?m?s t?????? t??t ???? ?t l??st t???? tim?s ??c? ??? — ?n? Tw???ll ??? n? cl?? ??w m?c? tim? ?? ???. P?llin? ??? t? t?? si??, Tw???ll ??s??? ??t ?? ?is c??.h-a-n-h

“H? w?s ??vi??sl? sc????,” Tw???ll s?i?. “I w?s w???i?? ????t w??t??? ?? n?t ?? w??l? l?t m? ??t cl?s? t? ?im. I ??tt?? m? l?? ?n? s?i?, ‘H?? littl? ?????!’ His t?il j?st st??t?? w???in?. T??t’s w??n I kn?w ?? w??l? ?? OK wit? m? ??????c?in? ?im.”

Tw???ll’s ?nl? c?nc??n ?t t??t m?m?nt w?s m?kin? s??? t?? ??? ??t ?nti?? s???l? ?n? m??? it int? ?is c??. T?? ???n? ??? w?s ?x???st?? ???m ??in? ??t in t?? ???t — ?n? it w?s cl??? s?m??n? ??? int?nti?n?ll? l??t ?im ??t t????.

“T?? ???? w?s ti?? in ? ?i???? ?i??t, lik? ??? w??l? ?s? t? ti? ? ???t t? ? ??ck,” Tw???ll s?i?. “S?m??n? ?i? t?is 100 ???c?nt ?n ?????s?. It j?st m??? m? sick.”h-a-n-h

Tw???ll kn?w ?i??t t??n t??t ?? w??l? ?? ??in?in? t?? ??? ??m?, ?n? l????? ?im int? ?is c?? t? ??iv? ?im ??ck. H? ??i?in?ll? nickn?m?? t?? ??? T??in, ??t ?is ??mil? t?????t ?? ? m??? ?????? n?m?: S?ms?n.h-a-n-h

W??n t??? ??t ??m?, Tw???ll ??m?v?? t?? ????s ???m S?ms?n’s ??? ?n? ??v? ?im ? ??t?. Asi?? ???m ? littl? c?t ?n ?is n?ck, S?ms?n ?i?n’t ?????? t? ??v? ?n? m?j?? ???lt? c?nc??ns. H? w?sn’t skinn?, ?n? ?is n?ils w???n’t ?v?????wn.

Ev?n ??tt??, S?ms?n inst?ntl? t??k t? t?? ??mil?’s ?t??? ??ts, incl??in? tw? ?t??? ??sc?? ???s, c?ts ?n? ? Fl?mis? ?i?nt ????it.

“T?? ???s ??v? ?ll ???n ??ttin? ?l?n? ????t,” Tw???ll s?i?. “All t???’v? ???n ??in? sinc? I ??????t S?ms?n ??m? is ?l??.”

D?s?it? ?is l???? siz?, S?ms?n is ?nl? ????n? 6 m?nt?s ?l? ?n? is ?x??ct?? t? ???w ?v?n ?i????.

“H?’s ???init?l? ??m??ncti??s ?n? ???ll? ?i?,” Tw???ll s?i?. “I’m s??? s?m??n? ??t ?im t?inkin? t???’ll ?n? ?? wit? ? tin? ?????, n?t ?x??ctin? ?im t? ?l????? ?? 60 ???n?s ?t 6 m?nt?s ?l?. H?’s still s? ???n?, ?n? it w?s ?v?? 100 ??????s wit? n? s???? ??t t????. I ??n’t t?ink ?? w??l? ??v? m??? it ??t t????, ?v?n i? ? t??in ?i?n’t c?m? t??????.”

F?? n?w, Tw???ll is t?c?nic?ll? ??st??in? S?ms?n — ??t it’s ?l????? ??it? lik?l? ??’ll ??c?m? ? ???m?n?nt ???t ?? t?? ??mil?.

It s??ms S?ms?n w??l? lik? n?t?in? m???.h-a-n-h

“H?’s ? ???ll? ????t ???,” Tw???ll s?i?. “T?is littl? ??? ??? s?m??n? w?tc?in? ?v?? ?im.”

R?ilw?? t??cks c?n ?? ??z?????s ??? ?nim?ls, ?s t??? m?? n?t ?? ?w??? ?? t?? ??????c?in? t??ins ?? ?n??l? t? n?vi??t? t?? ???? s???l?. T?? ??ct t??t t?? ??? w?s ??sc??? j?st ?????? t?? t??in ???iv?? ?i??li??ts t?? im???t?nc? ?? ??in? vi?il?nt ?n? ??s??nsiv? in s?c? sit??ti?ns.h-a-n-h

Acts ?? ??sc?? ?n? kin?n?ss lik? t?is ??m?nst??t? t?? ??sitiv? im??ct t??t in?ivi???ls c?n ??v? ?n t?? liv?s ?? ?nim?ls. B? t?kin? ?cti?n ?n? ?????in? ??l?, ????l? c?n m?k? ? ???l ?i?????nc? ?n? ??t?nti?ll? s?v? liv?s. It’s ? ??min??? t? ?ll ?? ?s t? st?? ?w??? ?? ??? s?????n?in?s ?n? ?? ????? t? l?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? w??n?v?? ??ssi?l?.