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= = “I was very worried,” Jason says squatting down beside you. “come on, lets go home.” “Yes. Come and have some rabbit stew with me,” you say. You head toward the cabin. “What are you talking about?” Jason asks as you lead him inside. = =  “I have it on the stove,” you say “But there is no stove, “Jason replies “This cabin was burned out a hundred years ago.” By the time Jason gets you back to the ranger station, you have no interest in doing anything. You don’t want to read or talk. You just want to go back to the cabin. In desperation Jason padlocks the door to keep you from leaving the lookout. The next day he takes you to a doctor, but even medication doesn’t improve your condition. Eventually you’re sent back to the city and placed in an institution. You spend the rest of your life sketching pictures of a stunted, misshapen pine tree. You tell everyone who looks at your art work that it is the Spirit tree. And occasionally, when you’re in the cafeteria, you ask the workers for a bowl of Sarah’s rabbit stew.

The End