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You continue on, picking your way cautiously from rock to rock. Vor drops back until he is only a few steps ahead of you. Then he waits. As you leap from the last rock to a big one where Vor is standing, he raises a thick stick and jabs it toward your gut. You try to ward it off, but you lose your balance and topple into the rushing water. Your enemy is no longer Vor—it is the raging river. Fortunately you remember not to panic. In the swirling choppy water your head is bound to be underwater part of the time. Using the breaststroke and frog kick to get the power you need, you are able to bob up to the surface. You move steadily to the shore. Then a wave hits just as you are inhaling. You cough and sputter for air. The current sweeps you into a sharp rock, smashing your right shoulder. Again, you’re able to touch bottom. Again the current sweeps you off your feet. At last you make it to the far shore. Exhausted, you pull yourself onto a large flat rock and close your eyes. When you open them, the Neanderthals are all standing nearby. Turn to page 81.