throat. Don’t make a sound. I’m scared. So scared. I lie on my stomach. Still. Silent. Waiting. My palms are stinging. Cheek throbbing. Rotting leaves pervade my nostrils. My stomach roils as I slowly inch forward, digging my elbows into the wet soil for traction. Left. Right. Left. Right. I’m in the undergrowth now. Thorns pierce my skin and catch on my clothes but I stay low, surrounded
